By golly it looks like we have a bunch of budding capitalists on our hands. These greedy little fellers want to actually get PAID for their work...

Minerven workers marched in El Callao
Section - Labor
Written by Anibal Eduardo Sandoval

Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:53

Minerven workers demanded the departure of Luis Herrera.
The Callao.-The labor force of the mining company CVG-Minerven a march during the day yesterday, shutting down the main streets of El Callao, beginning at the entrance and the central hull, requesting payment of employment benefits and President out of the factory, engineer Luis Herrera Mendoza, to the various conflicts that have been facing.

The professional union president simpro, Carlos Rodriguez accused the current management of a bad manager, why the company has, he says, a serious financial crisis and pay them workers. "We do not support more the engineer Luis Herrera and want to know why the national government still has not removed," he said.

The worker in the area of ​​mines, Miguel Sequera, said the biggest concern is that the company go bankrupt (hmmm...something we have in common), and that 8 tons of gold who wanted out, they did not or 2. Therefore considers that the current president has managed the investment that the institution requires that workers have everything they need in order to meet production goals. He also assured that the plants were paralyzed since last Sunday and will continue to idle until receive response of President of the Republic, Hugo Chávez Frías.

It was learned that the reason for the strike earlier this week, was that workers were not paid their wages. They claim that is not the first time this has happened and are not willing to expose themselves to go through that again. Similarly, in other meetings with management, had agreed an increase of 25 Bolivars per day, they expected to receive this payment and that never came to your bank account.

The inspection of civil works, Luisana Arcia, said that although progress appears to be illegal because no notice was given in the corresponding instances in time, the workers' struggle is a just cause. At this point we are risking our place, both permanent and contract workers. But the truth is that we always are threatening that if we are witnessing protests fired. We now see that if the administration does not change, as we'll be unemployed when the company goes bankrupt, "he said Arcia.