Thursday, July 31, 2008

230+ luxury vehicles have quite simply "disappeared" off the CVG corporate radar ... "donated" in exchange for political favors

VHeadline Venezuela News reports: Writing in today's (Thursday) edition of Correo del Caroni, reporter Kristy Spitscha highlights complaints that the state-owned heavy industry conglomerate, the Venezuela Guayana Corporation (CVG) is currently suffering from "administrative paralysis."

Employees trade union Sunep-CVG leaders are sufficiently incensed to threaten industrial action because of what they claim to be "numerous" irregularities by corporation authorities.

Labor and union representative have been unable to hold even a preliminary meeting with CVG president and Basic Industries & Mines (Mibam) Minister, Rodolfo Sanz and they say he is either (incredibly) unaware or completely ignoring problems which they say have only increased because Sanz appears to be "in disconnect" with what is actually happening in various CVG subsidiaries.

The National Public Employees Union's general secretary, Sunep-CVG Juan Gomez describes the situation as "administrative paralysis" that affects CVG suppliers as much if not more than contract workers and permanent employees.

Union executives and CVG employees attended a Wednesday meeting with the government's Labor Inspectorate in an effort to defuse what is bedded to be a major confrontation. They say that excellent long-term employees are being marginalized by new managers who think they can have a free-for-all without any concern for the corporation's key function in regional development.

Gomez says there is widespread discontent following the "unjustified and illegal" dismissal of some 250 CVG employees in complete violation of President Hugo Chavez Frias' decree imposing a firing freeze across all sectors in Venezuela. He explains that many of those dismissed had had between 20 and 25 years service with CVG subsidiaries and that under Sanz' regime they have been replaced by "outsiders" ... mostly Cubans. Although it is generally recognized that central government changes administrative staff with change in political color, Gomez says it does not bode well for the state-government of Guayana and certainly does not serve the interests of professionals throughout the region.

"Besides that the newly-imported managers receive higher salaries than their predecessors who have had long-term experience and greater loyalty to the company ... it is disgraceful that political interests should be given priority over the CVG's primary role to serve and protect regional interests ... executives are moved at the whim of politicians ... everyone is tired of all this institutional neglect, and we are demanding a meeting with the board of directors."

"The conflict can go national if you consider the wealth of complaints from the corporation's service providers in Caracas, Tucupita, Puerto Ayacucho, Santa Elena del Uairen etc. The Labor and Social Security (Minpptrass) Ministry along with Mibam is patently aware of the situation existing at the CVG, but nothing has happened so far," said Gomez.

Meanwhile it is claimed that a fleet of some 230 luxury CVG vehicles has quite simply "disappeared" ... the vehicles, which should have been allocated to key managers are nowhere to be found and it is generally suspected that they have been conveniently "donated" to individuals within the government administration in exchanged for "favors rendered."

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