The confederation of manufacturing unions in Uruguay rallied to demand better wages and labor conditions. In the last month’s dozens of companies have closed down and thousands of jobs have been lost. teleSUR
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00:00 The Confederation of Manufacturing Unions in Uruguay rallied on Tuesday to demand better
00:05 wages and labor conditions.
00:07 The workers gathered in front of the executive tower in Montevideo under the slogan "Against
00:12 the Model of Inequality in Defense of the Rights Conquered Throughout the History of
00:17 Our Workers Movement".
00:18 Union representatives denounced that in the last month dozens of companies have closed
00:22 down and thousands of jobs have been lost.
00:26 Workers also demanded the executive branch to activate a re-industrialization policy
00:30 to strengthen the country's internal capacities.
00:37 The main thing is to show on the street what we are achieving as a Confederation of Manufacturing
00:41 Unions.
00:42 First, a plan of concrete proposals that will allow the development of the national industry,
00:47 to stop the hemorrhage of factory closures and massive layoffs throughout Uruguay.
00:51 Also to propose a 40-hour work week, to propose a minimum salary of 37,500 pesos, to propose
00:58 gender equality, the inclusion of female colleagues in different work centers, and to demonstrate
01:03 unity in the street, unity in action.
01:06 Regarding to the industry, to the defense of the national industry, we have lost many
01:11 job opportunities, not only in the chemical industry, we have also lost them in the metal
01:17 industry, the dairy industry and the tanning industry as well, so there is a great concern.
01:23 We come from policies that have not protected our industry for many years.
01:27 We have seen how it has been closed.
01:29 We have also seen how the Chinese industry and the Chinese market have closed its borders
01:35 during the pandemic years.
01:36 They accumulated a lot of raw material and unfinished goods, such as chemical products
01:42 and even auto parts.
01:43 Well, the Chinese market covers everything.