(Caracas, May 22). On Thursday, the President of the National Union of Medical Visitors (SINAViME) reported that about 350 people in this sector have been made redundant by pharmaceutical companies, both national and multinational. operating in the country.
According to Alfredo Salomón, several companies have adopted in the last 4 months a policy of removing medical visitor personnel, considering that the measure aims to eliminate personnel with greater economic weight for these companies, replacing them with other personnel with less economic benefits, while stating that the laboratories deny that this is the reason and allude to the reduction of personnel for the economic crisis.
Salomòn, who is also a member of the Federation of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (FETRAMECO) says that the pressure exerted by companies to get people to withdraw is of all kinds, including an incentive paid in dollars, a situation which is in contrast with the Venezuelan legislation establishing the obligation to liquidate them in national currency.
He also indicated that the decrease by domestic pharmaceutical companies in the import of medicines and raw materials caused by the current economic situation has led to a decrease in the income of workers in this sector which brings together 7,000 people across the country. , and believes that the government must open spaces for workers' organizations to express their proposals for the economic realities of the sector.
Finally, he rejects the fact that the revolutionary government does not accredit the UNETE Workers' Central to participate in the annual meeting of the OIT, and believes that the measure is unjust when considered from every point of view, including a political one.
Gremio indicates that about 350 medical visitors have been terminated in their jobs
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22/05/14 – www.aporea.org/trabajadores/n251311.html
Caracas, May 22). This past June the president of the National Union of Medical Visitors (SINAViME) informed that some 350 people in this sector have been dismissed from the various national and transnational laboratories operating in the country.
According to Alfredo Salomón, the different laboratories have adopted during the last 4 months a retirement policy for medical visitor personnel, considering that the average worker will gain greater economic weight from the personnel for these companies, being replaced by another personnel with less economic benefits, however he affirms that the laboratories are denying this reason and are helping him to reduc on personnel due to the economic crisis.
Salomón who is also a member of the Chemical Federation - Pharmaceuticals (FETRAMECO) says that the presidency that employs the laboratories to log that people are withdrawn are of all types, including those who have paid loans in dollars, a situation that is contrary to the Venezuelan legislation que establece la obligatoriedad de cancelarlas en moneda de curso nacional.
He also indicated that the mercury in the importation of medicines and raw materials by part of the laboratories located in the current national economic situation has resulted in a decrease in the inputs of the workers in this sector that employs 7,000 people in all national territory, consider that the Government must open spaces for the workers' organizations to raise their proposals and economic realities by sector.
Lastly, the Revolutionary Government did not accredit the Central de Trabajadores UNETE to participate in the annual meeting of the OIT, creating that the medicine is unjust and denied from every point of view, including politics.
