Since Wednesday, the workers of Chango Más in Neuquén They held protests in the vicinity of the hypermarket to protest the dismissals of more than 30 employees. The force measures continued this Friday with a blockade of vehicular access, unions and social organizations joined the claim. To the midday they met with the Undersecretary of Labor of the Provincebut in the absence of agreement between the parties, that body ended dictating mandatory conciliation for 15 days.
The measure was confirmed to Diario RÍO NEGRO by the delegate in Chango Más Raúl Rojas, and will return the situation of the workers to that existing before the conflictwith the dismissals of at least 39 people.
In this way, employees, some with more than decades of seniority, will be able to return to their jobs for the aforementioned period, in which the parties must reach an agreement. To this end, a new hearing was set for next Tuesday, May 21.
The Labor Area of the province reported the mandatory conciliation after the meeting held this Friday at noon, between representatives of the workers and the firm Dorinka SA, owner of the hypermarket, that no agreement was reached since the company ratified the layoffs.
Layoffs in Chango Más de Neuquén: Friday, new claim day
Raul Rojasdelegate in Chango Más, explained this morning to RÍO NEGRO Diary From 8:30 a.m. they blocked vehicular access to the hypermarket facilities. The blockade that the workers made is only for those who wanted to access the premises with their vehicles, so Customers could walk in.
On this day it was also expected a meeting at the province’s undersecretary of Labor to reach an agreement. The hearing took place at noon at the center’s headquarters. ANDl Commercial Employee Center (CEC) He anticipated “a very important day” for the future employment of laid-off workers.
However, at that meeting there was no agreement. «They ratified the layoffs. They continue to ratify them verbally because not all the telegrams arrive. We ratify the forceful measures until the workers return to their tasks» Ramón Colo Fernández, General Secretary of the Neuquén Commercial Employees Center, upon leaving the hearing.
This is the third day with forceful measures carried out by the workers of Chango Más in Neuquén. According to reports, there are already 39 layoffs that have taken place. Unions and social organizations joined the protest
«We reject the layoffs and also the way in which the Dorinka company is reporting them“he added in a statement.
Layoffs in Chango Más de Neuquén: there are already 39
Rojas commented that in the West headquarters, located at 2735 Belgrano Street, there would be no layoffsbut that on former Route 22 (Mosconi Avenue), more joined and The number rises to 39.
It all started on Tuesday when it was known through a statement issued by the Neuquén Employee Center that “the company Híper Chango Más is pressuring employees with notifications for schedule changes»
As the delegate explained, the schedule changes that the company intended were “rotating” and that they had to “be available to the company.”
The threats It didn’t take long for them to become effective and on Wednesday they were several workers fired from the headquarters located on Route 22 (current Mosconi Avenue) and Perticone. At first it was known that there were eight, but Rojas later reported that there were 39 and some have around 15 or 20 years old.
As detailed, they arrived at work at five in the morning and “They didn’t let them enter.” He commented that They alerted the general secretary of the CEC, Ramón Fernández. The union representative would have spoken with the company, which argued that “sales fell,” Rojas said. “Those of us who work here know that is not true,” he mentioned.
