November 22, 2008

Sidor hires 890 external workers - Report

BNamericas reported that Venezuelan steelmaker Sidor has added 890 subcontracted employees to its payroll as part of a collective contract agreement reached with the government in May.

Mr José Meléndez secretary of Venezuela's steelworkers union Sutiss told BNamericas that "This is to comply with the specifics of clause 97 of the collective contract which establishes that 1,300 employees must be incorporated within one month.”

He explained that however, the agreement does not call for all of Sidor's external workers to be contracted. Only the ones directly involved in the production process will be integrated.

In May, Sutiss signed the collective contract with Venezuela's government for employees at Sidor where they received a pay raise of VEB 53 per day (USD 24.70), among other improvements.