“ did not say anything, we we want a wage increase to us ”, demanded the employees after the visit of Khan to Venalum. Photo William Urdaneta

Carnation A. Rangel Jiménez
crangel@correodelcaroni.com

Blows, shots to the air, tear pumps and until the volcamiento of a car went the waiting room to the route that the minister of the Mibam realised east Wednesday Jose Khan by CVG Venalum.

The visit, that was ruled like part of its agenda in Guayana, did not count on the confrontation between two groups of workers: those that endorse the management of the president of CVG Venalum, Carlos Acosta Perez, and another sector that questions the performance of the administration of the company.

To the 6:00 in the morning Manuel Diaz, president of Sutrapuval, he carried out an assembly in inner door II of the company in which the central point was the payment of liabilities, increase of wage and meritocracy.

But in the adyacencias of the administrative building another sector of workers prepared an act in support to Acosta Perez. Communities and until the mayor of Caroní, Jose Ramon Lopez, went as guests.

Diaz related that the president of Venalum tried to turn aside the route from the minister to the administrative building like first shutdown, when in inner door II a group of workers hoped Khan to demand increase, investments and the destitution to him of Acosta Perez.

The leader of Sutrapuval blamed Gerald Perez, Secretary General of Sutralum, to try to manipulate the visit of “Chinese” the Khan, along with the holder of the reducing one of aluminum.

Between the discussion of that route both sides ended up facing. Insults and accusations gave foot so that the blows untied. And in the tension the workers would run to the mayor - and their companions of the facilities of the company.

“That goes away, that goes away”, they shouted the mayor to him. In the middle of the uproar they turned around a vehicle of another worker and was then when a man - still identified he did not remove a weapon and he sent a shot to the air, counted Diaz.

The action triggered an explosion that was dissuaded with tear pumps that sent cash of the National Guard.

“Chinese, sácalos”
At the 10:00 in the morning minister Khan to the company arrived. The workers who were in assembly with Diaz made a cord so that its destiny was the tribune, and there responded to the complaints.

With microphone in hand, the president of the CVG tried to calm the loose conflict and stood out that he has come to listen the workers and to extend the participation in the work tables to change the model of “capitalist” management.

But the employees did not take care of much the rhetoric of Khan, and in answer they shouted “sácalo, sácalo to him”, talking about to the president of CVG Venalum. The minister said to them to those of the aluminum, that to remove - thus by thus to the president of the company it was an irresponsibility.

“We must work altogether seeing the problematic one. The President of the Republic has asked us Maria Cristina, to Giordani like the representatives of Socialist the Guayana Plan, that in this stage we incorporate to the greater amount of workers in the directions of the companies”, said the minister.

“Where they are the real ones”
The discussion in the inner door II directed it to Khan towards a participation, revision and construction of new models. Verbs that stop some displeasures are more of the same.

“The meritocracy, is worth, the meritocracy”, insisted one to him of the assistants to the “Chinese”. “For the real ones, as you say, there is a table of labor liabilities, and them tercerizados are attending representing of. The table is and you are not excluded from the discussion and possible solution”, insisted the civil servant designated by Chávez to be in charge of the basic companies.

Before the reclamation of meritocracy 2008-2009, the representative of the Mibam said that this point had to be consulted with the Chief of State.

“I have already considered it: it is going to have transformation processes, I I have said that has to do with the participation of the bases. We must be conscious of the division of the union movement and if we want to advance we must promote workers in those positions”.

Answers already!
After the Khan assembly finally it could cross the plant.

“It did not say anything, we we want a wage increase to us. We are already tired of those few of thugs. How he is going to review the minister everything if he is a man who comes from the CVG? He knows all the problematic the sector aluminum. Until when he is going to review? The workers we needed the money, with hunger the revolution it does not walk”, it commented Tony Hernandez.

“We are tired with our productive process and have accepted the electrical rationing. The minister will sit down to review, but he is clear that to the workers they must give the wage increase him that is consecrated within the LOT, must give our liabilities to us because he comes from being union leader”, showed Freddy Guzmán.

In the area some employees took the loudspeaker and that way also they demanded payment of liabilities. The minister crossed the area of rectifiers ACDC, because it is part of the high-priority projects and greater economic impact of Socialist the Guayana Plan.

Also the area of baking furnaces because it is the key project in technological improvements, as well as the space for the thermoelectrial ones.

Position of CVG Venalum

According to an official notice of the company, the president of Venalum, Carlos Acosta Perez, rejected the actions undertaken “by assault groups that tried to dim the visit from minister Jose Khan to the facilities of CVG Venalum, which looked for to rarefy the labor climate in the company”.

“We rejected the action undertaken by a group of workers, who we know were to the front of her Pedro Perales and Manuel Diaz, in who they activated groups that tried to do violence to La Paz that reigned in the plant. This generated that the minister oriented his visit of form different from the planned one, initiating its demurrage in the company with the route, soon to meet with the workers, workers and managemental train in the Orinoco theater. We will not allow that I interest personal dim labor La Paz of CVG Venalum”, said.