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Montevideo. The Union of Prosegur Workers of Uruguay (SITPRO) agreed during an assembly recently celebrated in the headquarters of the Federation of Unions of Commerce and Services Workers (FUECYS) in Montevideo, to carry out a mobilisation as well as a partial occupation of the company’s premises on September 29^th. These measures are aimed at facing a series of actions carried out by the local administration that damage the worker’s interests. “ Since last February many workers have been facing difficulties at the moment of receiving their wages. The monthly payment does not coincide with labour journeys, the computer system has a lower registry of working hours” pointed out Daniel Lorenzo, President of SITPRO. “These irregularities, even when they have been brought to the attention of the management, still persist”, asserted the leader.



The Regional Office of UNI Americas has gathered information in relation to these denouncements that reveals that, apart from what has been mentioned, the members of the union are being subjected to harassment from the management, who force them to carry out a higher workload than the average workers, and to perform their duties in subhuman conditions. Such are the cases of security guards working in outdoor settings, without sanitary facilities, without electricity and without the proper security equipment for self-defence and protection.



For further information contact: alberto.barrow@uniglobalunion.org