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Workers ask nationalize in El Callao Revemin
Monday, September 15, 2008

The union of the company calls the president of CVG, Rodolfo Sanz, whom we call for the cessation of negotiations and the reversal of the mine to the Venezuelan State.

Natalie Garcia
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Crytallex The company is not very well seen by workers and by small miners

The Union of Workers of Integral Revemin II and Mining Bonanza (Sintrarevemin) asked the proprietor of the Ministry of People's Power for Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam), Rodolfo Sanz, who goes to the Venezuelan State Revemin mine, whose concession won makes it more one year, and is administered at present by the Canadian transnational Crystallex.

Marcial Gonzalez, secretary general of the guild, said that it must do something so that the mine is returned to the nation, because he believed the transnational only generates a climate of tension is not beneficial to the estate that works there. Also recently there was a suspension in the discussion of the collective contract, which increases the fears of workers.

"We denounce the unilateral and arbitrary decision by the representatives of the company, Luis Hernandez-general manager-and Enrique Rodriguez-industrial-relations manager to suspend discussion of the collective agreement, claiming the same delay in order to prolong it, too despite that this convention is outdated in its entirety and which is in worse conditions throughout the mining industry. "

Affirms that the leader "with this measure is intended to sabotage the process of reversion of the Plant II Callao Revemin the Venezuelan State being defeated by granting thus creating a climate of conflict."

Call for community
In addition to this Sintrarevemin said that "we want to alert the population of southern Bolivar state on the magnitude of this arbitrary and illegal unilateral action by the transnational Crystallex, which once again makes clear lack of regard for their employees; regardless of the mass strike against worker and violating our legitimate right to a better standard of living, which can be ensured only through discussion of a collective bargaining ".

Marcial Gonzalez made a new appeal, "the minister Rodolfo Sanz to nationalize the most immediate possible to plant Revemin II, as all the workers can not claim to negotiate with this transnational any joint venture, on the contrary we urge you to review the where contracts are granted to Crystallex consortium rights to exploit the Las Cristinas project km-88 - because this company has not complied with the commitments made in terms of employment and social development, on Remevin has reduced the payroll to a minimum expression. "

He added the secretary referring to management staff of the transnational "in the Las Cristinas project just keeps poorly paid guards and 4 to 80 cooks and has only been in charge of float shares in the stock market looking for financing since it has never Crystallex qualified to develop a project of this size by not having financial or technical capacity. Besides their spokesmen did not obscure their positions and anti-mercenary as their only concern are foreign interests. "

History of conflict

Since Crystallex is in the southern state of Bolivar has had numerous confrontations with their employees, and especially with small-scale mining working in areas adjacent to Las Cristinas project.

All this has been reversed in rejection by many employees and the community. In the case of Las Claritas there are serious claims against the company, which apparently has not done much to contribute to the welfare of these people so abandoned, even by municipal authorities.

That is why today the possibility that the transnational is made with a mining company in El Callao unleashes such pronouncements, which should reflect the Mibam, through Rodolfo Sanz, promised to reorganize the mining and social justice.

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