03/27/2021 5:29 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 03/27/2021 5:29 PM
The Ministry of Labor
issued the mandatory conciliation
for a working period of 15 days from this Saturday in the conflict generated in the Ports of Buenos Aires and Dock Sud due to "the expiration of the concession of Terminal 5", which would affect the jobs of the area.
Four unions from the Maritime, Port and Naval Industry Federation (Fempinra), led by Juan Carlos Schmid, had begun a 24-hour general strike at these maritime stations, demanding that the Government
immediately extend the concession
.
Gabriela Marcello, national director of Labor Relations and Regulations of the labor portfolio,
launched Law 14,786 on mandatory conciliation
, so the workers resumed activities around 2:00 this afternoon.
The resolution contemplated the Terminals Río de la Plata SA and 4 SA, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services SA and Exolgan SA
During the validity of the conciliation, the staff will not be able to reiterate the protests in these areas and, the companies, will not be able to apply sanctions.
Yesterday, the workers
mobilized to the Quinta de Olivos and submitted a petition addressed to President Alberto Fernández,
in which they demanded for the jobs and the extension of the concession to preserve social peace and the productive profile.
The protest was decided by the unions of Maritime Appointed Managers (Seamara), Port Foremen and Stevedores (SCEP), Guincheros and Mobile Crane Machinists (Sgymgmra) and by the Argentine Association of Merchant Marine Employees (Aaem) before "
the serious crisis of Terminal 5
, which implies the potential loss of rights ", they affirmed.
These unions are led by Raúl Lizarraga, Osvaldo Giancaspro, Roberto Coria and Raúl Huerta, respectively.
The concession is currently in charge of
the Bactssa company and will expire next May,
so the demand is based on the need to extend it until the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022 to coincide with that of the other port terminals.
In the petition to the head of state, the workers demanded that "the new bidding process
be carried out with transparency and guarantees
of competitiveness for the interested parties", and that "all jobs in the activity be preserved."
For the unions, the current situation causes "a disruption of port operations and productive and social conflicts that must be avoided in the context of the coronavirus pandemic that is hitting the country and the world."
Last May, the Government, the Transport portfolio and the unions had agreed that the concessions of the terminals would conclude in May 2022 to preserve all jobs and develop "a new productivity profile for the ports."
That agreement had abandoned the real estate project drawn up by the macro-government government, which undermined jobs, productivity, exports and imports.