Voluntary retirement plan in Chuquicamata sum only 70 workers. Codelco extends the term
The State Company argues that the goal of people who are looking for unlink -471 division this year over 2000 to 2017 – can be met during the year. But unions say the terms were written into the collective agreement expired already
Nothing has been successful, so far, the retirement plan offered by Codelco to Chuquicamata mine workers, division that seeks to dissociate 2,151 workers during the next four years. The central objective of the corporation for the open pit mine is to reduce their labor endowment and adapt to the new realities of production from the mine, which will soon close its South operations and Chuquicamata mine pit, to make way for the underground operation.
According to union sources, the period to qualify for the retirement plan this year has expired, and the end result is that only 70 workers embraced a far cry from the 471 they had in mind, so the plan qualify as a failure.
This, as the final figure is even worse for the interests of the administration: of these 70 workers, 30 did not even comply with the requirements of the negotiation between the company and unions, so the final number of workers covered by retirement plan does not exceed 40, less than 10% of the target. Union leaders grouped in the Federation of Copper Workers (FTC) take for granted that by this deadline, the retirement plan will not be reopened until next year. But Codelco have another version.
The state company say the proposal is still open to workers, as the term is only referential. This is because the proposed retirement plans can not be regulated in collective bargaining, but are part of the powers of the companies to implement them as they see fit. Codelco, by law, can not rely on business needs as grounds for dismissal. The Chuquicamata union leader and national advisor to the FTC, Miguel Lopez, raised to PULSE that to the expectations of Codelco, the program has not been successful. “The plan has been a failure by the Codelco’s expectations. We always said it would be very difficult, because we reached the funds to have a consistent retirement income to the last 12, “said the leader.
Figures
The retirement plan offered to Chuquicamata workers joined four groups of people who can qualify between professionals patients and with partial or total disability (that will access a greater benefit) to workers aged between 46 and 52 years , with at least five years old in the division.
For the first group, the incentive offered reaches $ 47,456,321, adding additional special compensation UF 1,628 plus a pension contribution of 444 UF. In addition, those who adopt the retirement plan will incorporate compensation for years of service, in the case of Codelco, is in any event, except in exceptional cases of negligence by the operator. This indemnity in any event, as he explained, has no limit of 11 years prescribed by law, so that the total payment, including all items, could reach $ 80 million or even $ 100 million, whereas the average stay in the company that adds each worker.
Initially, collective bargaining involved a list of 2,151 names to be out of Chuquicamata, given the changes in production that will run in the division.
However, after a strike at Chuquicamata and subsequent negotiations, agreed to a change in the wording of the agreement. Therefore, the retirement plan is not associated with names in advance, but includes a voluntary program, as workers wanted. It was this that allowed them to retake the negotiations and running out to pass, by the workers, the collective agreement proposed by the administration.
Source: Pulso
