Sidor labor demand Directors attend meetings of directors
Thursday, February 11th, 2010


Sidor labor demand Directors participate in assemblies and board meetings directiva.Con order to express their dissatisfaction, for not convening the meetings of Board of Sidor, Jose Rodriguez, Rafael Velasquez, Johnny Luna and Jose Jimenez, labor directors the aforementioned company, urged the minister Rodolfo Sanz and other board members to end their unwise decisions without prior discussion and participation of industrial managers, who represents the workers before the board.

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Photos: Emmanuel Gil
Jose Jimenez, director of Sidor work indicated that "the workers and the working group of directors, we reject the way the company is heading, and exclusion that senior management has been doing for over five months, there have been no meetings extraordinary but employee participation is vital for a company to go to the pair of optimal production and management processes management.

Work tables are not sufficient

The directors working in the steel industry said that "While it is true that there have formed working groups that include certain groups of workers, in order to debate certain issues and common interests, most of them are of a purely informative because, prior decisions are made unilaterally. "

In turn, we believe negative employment action is taken (plant stops, emergency leave, closing services, contractors output, etc.). He said.

"It is necessary that there be fair and open democratic discussion on the fate of the company and labor relations to be as respectful and inclusive so as not to violate Venezuelan law," said Rafael Velasquez.

Increased inclusion

They insist that managers working in more than one occasion has raised important issues and the same are not taken into account by the Board.

"Some of our proposals relate to the discussion and adoption of the Draft Electoral Regulations of the directors at work, which was submitted to the Chair of Sidor and the legal address, the appointment of Vice President of Sidor, changes in statutes of the company, investment, production, imports, surplus cash, among others, "said Jimenez.

We demand response

The directors of the steel work "Alfredo Maneiro, called on Sanz, and the board to give an answer to his request to be included and their proposals are heard, discussed and analyzed, and require that for the next calls of said board and shareholder meetings of the factory are included.