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Two Thousand Venezuelan Oil Workers Get Fired for Criticizing the Government
[PANAMPOST] According to Manager of the Unified Federation of Oil Workers of Venezuela José Bodas, 2,000 people have been fired from the government-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) despite being under contract.Venezuelan workers are continually intimidated and unfairly dismissed for political reasons, local news outlets have reported. Employers create fear and demand loyalty to "Chavismo" if they want to maintain their positions. "The suspension of labor contracts is the subterfuge used by the ruling party in the oil industry to intimidate contracted staff in order to prevent the exercise of its constitutional and democratic right: the recall referendum," Bodas said. The union leader also said that the company violates the Organic Labor Law requiring employers to hire them as permanent workers after a year of service. The government requires political loyalty, and if not, they terminate contracts. "There are 26,000 workers hired for limited times with the promise that they will be incorporated into the permanent payroll if they are loyal to the government," he said. PDVSA encourages outsourcing by contractors by lengthening worker contracts. This is prohibited by law because it is a practice with which employers commit occupational fraud. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-23 |
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