He Neuquén Commerce Center (CEC) He did not accept the measure, which began with the branches in Buenos Aires, and proposed a fight plan that ended in conciliation: these days the employees are at their jobs, waiting for the negotiation for compensation.
According to what he told LMNeuquén Eduardo Díaz, union secretary of the SECOn June 3 there will be a new conciliatory meeting to analyze the proposal made by the union for the conditions of separation from the company.
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“We are in conciliation and we are waiting for the hearing on June 3 because they ratified the dismissals. “Everything has gone back to zero and people are working, but we are waiting for a proposal,” said Díaz.
Layoffs in Chango Más: June 3, key day
The union is asking for 200% compensation but Chango Más has rejected it. That is, if there is no agreement, the conciliation could be extended for another five business days starting June 3.
The company attributed the layoffs to the drop in sales at the branch in this city, although union representatives deny this situation. The INDEC data in this case agree with the workerssince the turnover of Neuquén supermarkets grew above inflation in annual terms, according to the latest official data available.
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Of the 39 employees that Chango Más has in Neuquén, only one intends to stay in the job, and the rest seek compensation, but under the conditions demanded by the union, not the company.
Chango Más is a brand created by the North American supermarket giant Walmart, whose assets in Argentina were acquired by former national representative Francisco De Narváez, who unified all the stores open in the country under the Chango Más brand.
Widespread layoffs
In recent days, the company made progress in layoff plan in almost all provinces in which it is present with its businesses.
Raul Rojasunion delegate in Chango Más de Neuquén, became spokesperson for those dismissed, while the general secretary of the Neuquén Commercial Employees Center, Ramon Fernandez, fights alongside his peers in the country with the company’s leadership in the City of Buenos Aires. Fernández is a member of the board of directors of the Trade Federation, headed by the long-standing leader Armando Cavalieri.
The super delegate in Neuquén said that the company’s methodology to advance layoffs was, first of all, to notify its workers of changes in working hours and conditions. He warned that notifications were made irregularly and that layoffs were triggered immediately afterwards, as most of the notified employees did not accept the new scheme.
