Tuesday April 20, 2010 14:05 Marvin Palacios
The regime of Porfirio Lobo Sosa is violating the trade union legal rights of more than one hundred employees who want to join the Trade Union of Workers of Dinaders and Pronaders(SITRADINPRO).The violations of freedom of association in which the present regime has engaged, include mass layoffs, persecution, obstruction of union formation and reduced working conditions for members of the board of the union.
The employees from the National Directorate of Sustainable Rural Development (DINADERS) decided to settle as a union in early January 2009, therefore, they made the necessary rigor procedures to the authorities of the Ministry of Labour on March 9, 2009.
The Vice-president of the Workers' Union of the National Directorate of Rural Development, Rigoberto Cáceres, said they have approximately 14 months of being in the process of legal status, which has not yet been granted for unknown reasons.
"We are still in process. We are affiliated to the Confederation of Workers of Honduras (FUTH). Last week we had a meeting with Minister Felícito Ávila and Tania Laínez, legal adviser, to ask them about the reason for the delay of the legal status"said Caceres.
He said the Minister of Labour and Social Prevision excused himself, because he claimed that he recently took office and does not know the procedures for forming the union.
The Vice-president of the Workers' Union of the National Directorate of Rural Development, Rigoberto Cáceres, said they have approximately 14 months of being in the process of legal status, which has not yet been granted for unknown reasons.
"We are still in process. We are affiliated to the Confederation of Workers of Honduras (FUTH). Last week we had a meeting with Minister Felícito Ávila and Tania Laínez, legal adviser, to ask them about the reason for the delay of the legal status"said Caceres.
He said the Minister of Labour and Social Prevision excused himself, because he claimed that he recently took office and does not know the procedures for forming the union.
"We have had many problems because they laid off a lot of people. It turns out that we had some friends who work for contract under state protection (trade union), and right now, on February 12 they laid off (fired) 54 people, in spite of them being under State protection, which is a serious offense, because it is an unfortunate precedent, "said trade unionist.
Caceres said that Honduras has violated the trade union with the permission of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, because it turns out the lawyer Hilde Mejía from the legal area of the institution, gave an opinion stating that state protection was not applicable for such workers (contract)Article 517 of the Labour Code stipulates that the formal notification of thirty employees, written to their boss, communicated to the Department of Labor or the Office of Labour Court of their intention to organize a union, it places the signatories of the notice under special state protection.
Consequently, from the date of notification until the date of receiving legal record, none of the signatories workers may be fired, transferred or demoted in their working conditions, without just cause, qualified.
Honduran labor law establishes and records the freedom of association and collective bargaining to protect workers from the city and the countryside,
Labour Code and the Constitution of the Republic assure the interest and spirit of this law to achieve a framework of understanding between employers and workers. Honduras has ratified all international conventions on freedom of association and collective bargaining and other labor-related.
About 120 employees work in the National Programme for Sustainable Rural Development (PRONADERS) and the National Directorate of Sustainable Rural Development (DINADERS).
About 120 employees work in the National Programme for Sustainable Rural Development (PRONADERS) and the National Directorate of Sustainable Rural Development (DINADERS).
Caceres said that the current regime names a large number of political activists, many of which do not meet the requirements for the positions.
"Part of our complaint is that, as trade unionists, we have been marginalized, they have taken our roles as technicians, we have been moved away from offices, and we even have been thrown in the basement, where the parking lot is and all of us who are part of the board have been moved, "said the union leader.
DINADERS and PRONADERS has been taken by the politicians of the day, since the president of the current regime appointed Chemistry and Pharmacy Dr. Mario Pineda, who does not meet the technical and professional requirements to serve as head of the institution.
DINADERS and PRONADERS has been taken by the politicians of the day, since the president of the current regime appointed Chemistry and Pharmacy Dr. Mario Pineda, who does not meet the technical and professional requirements to serve as head of the institution.
"There are many managers now, whose posts didn't exist before, so the profile is clear that anyone who should be in front of the Dinar should be an agronomist or agricultural engineer even with a master, with special emphasis on rural development in Honduras and he does not meet the requirements along with other people appointed "complained Cáceres.
The union leader added that staff has been appointed, who are involved in duplication of functions, in positions that are currently exercised by technicians belonging to the Union of Workers of PRONADERS and DINADERS (SITRADINPRO).
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