CVG Minerven conflict persists
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Failure to comply with the demands of workers, most notably the dismissal of the company's president, Luis Herrera, keep the stay in the state of gold. Sectors related to the administration as "illegal" protest and call "guarimberos" who the star. Mining leaders added that the conflict behind the interests of a transnational Rusoro.


Natalie Garcia
Photo William Urdaneta


The company now meets 15-day suspension
The conflict rages on in Minerven. The workers have received technical committee appointed by the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam) and the partial payment of retroactive company owed them since October, but still-slow until it is removed the president of the gold, Luis Herrera.

Along with that sectors related to the management of the manager, who previously served as national director of mines, accuse the transnational Rusoro Mining to "promote the destabilization" to do "with mineral resources, behind which are long ".

Ana Rojas, leader of El Dorado mining in the municipality Sifontes, said that "the monsters of mining have forced the displacement of thousands of people, buying consciences and leaving the problems to the state. It is not what is happening now and we can not continue to allow this, that transnational interests are what is affecting everyone. "

Reviewed in turn that "the only non-stop is Rusoro Mining, which has more than ten companies, 80 mining concessions total 150 000 hectares in mining large estates practice. We call Comrade Minister Khan in 2005 because he said it would not renew more concessions and that is not fulfilled, we have not seen these results. "

Expression "illegal"
For his part Victor Centeno, Alfredo Maneiro movement, denounced the arrest of Minerva is illegal "because no steps were made to the Labour Inspectorate, there is a conflicting statement, so we call upon the workers not to be handle, and the authorities to take action against criminals who are producing 12 million losses to date and already in 2010 in another strike also generated 80 million in losses Bs without the Ministry of Labor do anything. "

Ylaine Rodriguez Minerven worker in the department of geology, he called his colleagues to begin operations as soon as possible. "The company brings forth to work, is a lie that we are not making adjustments as they say, since 2009 no investment. And since that time has increased the payroll from 830 employees to 2,300, all benefits, when earlier in Minerven no one entered. "

Yair said Becerra, Sucre and member of the Youth Movement of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Minerva is attacked by another company guarimba. This is part of the damage it has caused the Causa R in business Guayana is just a matrix of opinion that has been created in the local media still lie that their salaries are not paid workers, who get no benefits. It's just part of the manipulation on the right once again not to the advance of socialism. "

Continued fighting
Carlos Rodriguez, president of the union for professionals in the gold industry (simpro) said Monday the committee appointed to go into full Minerven to meet with employees at 9:00 am.



"We sit-down, believe they will try to divide us but really the fight is being successful, we are in a solid unit and what the worker wants is your business to thrive, to succeed, that's what we're looking out of this disastrous administration. "

The leader confirmed that 50 percent was owed retroactive to the day was canceled payroll and again monthly payroll "was out." Explained that are waiting and hoping that the commission sent to review the company really bear fruit.

In this connection had access Correo del Caroni to Resolution 0318.11 dated May 3 in which "in accordance with Article 73 of the Organic Law on Administrative Procedures acting president of the CVG agreed upon the citizens listed below in the Committee for the Recovery and CVG Minerven Reinvigoration for a period of three months from the notification of this. "

Those cited in the document are Franklin Skates, president, Elizabeth Leal, legal affairs, David Ugas, planning, Carmelo Paiva, administration and finance, Luis Correa, marketing Kemberllys Ostos, human resources Briceño Cruz, coordinator, Gladys Caraballo, technical and operations; Meudis Leon, technical and operations; Katie Somoza, hiring, Omelia Vargas, internal audit, Jorge Amaya, security, Reinaldo Marcano, director of mining at the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining.

The resolution provides that the Committee for the Recovery and CVG Minerven Reinvigoration aims to: "develop a diagnosis of the operational, administrative and legal Minerven (one month) and to design, coordinate and monitor the recovery plan and relaunching of Minerven ".

Official Version

Today it is expected that the president of the state rule on the stay and the main demand of trade unions to management. Meanwhile the unions ratify their intention to proceed with the demonstration to the executive who has an answer.

This is not the first time that the unions are calling for the impeachment of President Luis Herrera. At the beginning of 2010 also staged a stoppage that caused losses of millions without having achieved their objective to reach an agreement with the mining for no retaliation.