Activities resume in the port of Rosario slowly this Tuesday after forty days of union dispute, and after the intervention of the police personnel that released the entrance to the terminalblocked by workers on layoffs.
The operation began to normalize with the unloading of containers, favoring inputs claimed by a group of SMEs that were about to paralyze their production.
During the morning, the presence of police officers allowed a group of stevedores to enter the Puerto Rosario terminal. (TUP) to perform its duties. The same thing had happened on Monday, but only with administrative staff.
The police not only cleared the entrance gate of the TUP. Also, dispersed a cut on Circunvalación Avenue with tear gas and rubber bulletsmeters from the terminal entrance.
Protesters said the police had cracked down on the protesteven when there were families and children accompanying the operators.
During the weeks-long protest by five fired employees on Monday, Three of the people who were blocking the entrance to the port have been arrested.
The conflict started in early December. After weeks of wage claims, 25 workers were fired. After weeks of negotiations, an agreement was signed on Monday 9 at the National Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, which was accepted by the leadership of the United Argentine Port Union (SUP) and by representatives of TUP, a company formed by the firms Vicentin and the Chilean Ultramar.
The agreement sanctioned the reinstatement of twenty of the twenty-five dismissed. He also capped 90% wage increases with a review clause and payment of strike days.
Exit from the conflict was refused by the five longshoremen who were not included in the agreement -the payment of compensation has been agreed for them- and for a sector of port workers, which highlighted a union rift.
The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) had warned weeks ago that there were about a thousand containers blocked without being able to be shipped to the Rosario terminal. From SMEs to companies such as the carmaker General Motors, they have been waiting for a solution to the conflict which, if it escalates further, could force them to stop their production.
Even the Archbishopric of Rosario, realizing that the problem was getting worse, promised to get involved to find a way out.
The Ministry of Labor has asked the Administrative Body of Puerto Rosario (Enapro) to prepare a detail to determine the extent of the millionaire losses caused by the conflict.
NS
Source: Clarin
