Uruguay: Uninvolved in the conflict, producers are the most affected by the strikes in the meat industry

Several rural institutions asked the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) to declare the essentiality of cattle slaughter when the animals entered the slaughterhouse. They clarify that they are not against the rights of workers, but surprise measures such as those carried out by workers harm producers without them being able to do anything to find a solution to the conflict, because it is not theirs but the industry's. The Rice Growers Association (ACA), the National Association of Milk Producers (ANPL), the Rural Association of Uruguay (ARU), the National Commission for Rural Development (CNFR), the Federated Agricultural Cooperatives (CAF) and the Rural Federation (FR) issued a statement on Monday 23 addressed to the public in which they explain how damaging the union measures are. They are directed at the industry, but the most punished sector is that of the producers who have no responsibility or influence to find a solution. “For several weeks now,” workers in the ...