The president of the Federation of Truckers of the Valparaíso Region, Ivan MatelunaHe informed his colleagues that they will suspend the union’s mobilization in the area, one week after the start of the sector strike.
Mateluna marked a distancing of his Federation with the National Confederation announcing the “suspension” of the strike, He also criticized the form of negotiation and said that they would evaluate its continuity in the national organization.
“We have a great difference in how the Confederation negotiated what the Federation (of Valparaíso) had requested, and we are going to settle that internally and we are going to evaluate our continuity in the National Confederation,” he said.
Given the resignation of Fedequinta, the decision of the other members of the National Cargo Transport Confederation (CNTC), such as Fedenorte, Fedemaule and Fedesur, remains to be known.
“The Fifth Region has decided to postpone this demonstration. We anyway, what the south thinks, what the north thinks, let him think it. We have made a decision as a board of directors, ”stated leaders.
The leader indicated that perhaps the next mobilizations will not be en route, due to the government’s threats to invoke the State’s internal security law.
“The next pressure is not going to be here (in reference to Route 68), it is going to be in strategic places. You will understand later, “he said.
Mateluna did not want to confirm that there was an agreement with the government, because there is a point in which they maintain differences on the compensation received by truckers whose machines are damaged or destroyed by arson attack.
“If the petition agreements are not fulfilled, we are going to carry out a mobilization again ”, warned.
The truckers from Valparaíso were installed mainly on Route 68, in addition one of the main consequences of its stoppage was the impact on the port of San Antonio, the main one in the country, and the Panul port terminal, where food is received and there is low capacity stockpile.
They even said from the port of San Antonio that more than 290 thousand tons of grains were stagnant in the terminal and that companies had to rent boats to store the food load, which could translate into surcharges for customers.
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