Alvarez Castellano: 'This conflict was armed by Tito Valenzuela' SOMU)

CONARPESA owner prevented union extortions

ARGENTINA
Monday, August 10, 2020, 01:00 (GMT + 9)

The SOMU prevented him from unloading and setting sail for the Conarpesa freezer tanker fleet. They asked that he liquidate the tide at 82% of the dollar and not at 78%. The owner of the company ordered the entire fleet to stop and the sailors to disembark ex officio. Álvarez Castellano twisted their arm and last night they went fishing.

“SOMU is now managed by‘ Tito ’Valenzuela, he set up this conflict. He tried to extort money from me, but I wouldn't let him and he won nothing. He used the union for a personal matter, he is still angry because I dismissed him as useless ”.

The categorical statement is made by Fernando Álvarez Castellano, owner of Conarpesa, who crossed in harsh terms one of the 'advisers' of the current leadership of SOMU, whom he held directly responsible for the conflict that arose in the last hours with the freezer fleet of that tango company, and attributed this situation to an attempt at 'vendetta' by pointing out that this union leader was fired from his company.

“Six boats stopped me. We just made the first tide of the season in national waters and when they came to unload at Puerto Madryn, Mr. (Mario) 'Tito' Valenzuela thought that we would pay 82% of the value of the dollar and not 78% as it was agreed weeks ago in the agreement that we all signed before the Ministry of Labor of the Nation ", explained the owner of the fishery.

For many years, while the rest of the companies paid settlements at a rate of 78% of the dollar, Conarpesa did it at 82%, but two weeks ago the SOMU accepted that all companies with tangon freezer ships pay 78% of the dollar .

The president of the company stated that “if they had asked me in another way, I would surely agree. But this was an extortion by ‘Tito’ Valenzuela, who seems to be the new owner of SOMU, that union is no longer managed by Durdos, nor by Navarro, Valenzuela manages it at will, ”he complained.

“It is not right for the national leadership of SOMU to allow Valenzuela to handle the union like this. It was a piece of paper to ask for a conciliation and then not abide by it ”, he asserted.

However, Fernando Álvarez Castellano attributed this whole situation to a personal circumstance of Mario Valenzuela against Conarpesa. “The sailors lost a day of fishing because of this guy. The end result is that Valenzuela did not achieve anything. He came to extort me and couldn't.

He's still angry because I dismissed him as useless. He used the union for personal revenge and it went wrong, "he concluded.

Author: Nelson Saldivia / Revista Puerto

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