As
workers await a second round of negotiations,
Sirel
spoke with Geraldo Gonçálves Pires, president of
the Union of Dairy, Sugar and Coffee Industry
Workers of São Paulo, and representative of the
Federation of Food Industry Workers of São Paulo
in these negotiations
-In what stage are the negotiations with the
company?
-On May 21, during the first round of
negotiations, Parmalat made an indecent
proposal for wage adjustment. It proposed a 2.5
percent raise that does not even cover the
period’s inflation, which was 3.44 percent. The
labor movement, for its part, requests a base of
500 reais (some 170 dollars) plus the sum of the
period’s NCPI* and GDP** (7
percent approximately).
We return to the negotiating table next June 1st.
Meanwhile, the National Commission of
Parmalat Workers will meet at the Jundiaí
Food Industry Union, and on that day we will
paralyze the Jundiaí unit, which is the largest
in Brazil, with the aim of influencing
the proposal that will be presented by
management.
-What other demands are the workers making?
-We’re also calling for an end to outsourcing,
more so after the company outsourced sales
activities. They fired 400 active workers and
hired 300 outsourced ones. Another of our
demands is participation in the profit-income
relation; we’re asking that the company present
a target plan to be discussed jointly with the
workers.
-What are your expectations for this national
negotiation?
-I’m hoping for a good agreement for Parmalat
workers, and if that’s not possible, I want our
fellow workers to be sure that we will paralyze
all of the company’s units in Brazil.
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In Montevideo, Amalia Antúnez
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May 30, 2007 |
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