The Minister of Labour, Ivonne Núñez, assured that priority will be given to the case of daily wages, former workers and pensioners. The market, who report non-payment of salaries and calculations by the company. This was said during the meeting of the new head of that state department with representatives of members of the Organization of former workers and retirees of Diario El Comercio this Monday, November 27 morning.

He also announced that the Ministry of Labor is committed to agile, timely and immediate continuation of the process of forming a special committee. The establishment of this committee was proposed in the list of demands of workers and former workers The market.

Meanwhile, Núñez assured that the order to prioritize this case was given by the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa. “The government program of our president Daniel Noboa, which bases its work program in the field of labor on unlimited respect for the Constitution of the Republic, internal regulations and international conventions signed and ratified by the state. Ecuadorian before the International Labor Organization (ILO),” said the minister.

El Comercio newspaper workers stop work again due to non-payment of salaries

However, when talking about compliance with these agreements, Núñez acknowledged that “Ecuador is complying with some agreements, while other agreements have reports of non-compliance.”

About the situation in The market, Minister Núñez explained: “The President immediately ordered the Ministry of Labor, since it was made public what was happening to the former newspaper workers. the market As with the pensioners… they are under surveillance to know what is happening with the El Comercio case.”

Daily case of El Comercia: “95 workers on the payroll remained unpaid for 7 months”

Meanwhile, when asked by several media about alleged violations of labor rights, especially in the case of El Comercio, Minister Núñez assured that the previous head of the ministry, Patricio Donoso, assured her that there were no conflicts in labor cases. . “He told me there was no conflict in Ecuador, and this is the truth…” Núñez said, pointing to the company’s workers and former workers. He added that 95 workers of that media have been without pay for seven months.

In addition, there are 150 workers who were dismissed. He indicated that the conflict involved 497 workers, active and passive.

There will be no employee changes, the new Minister of Labor will not implement the ministerial agreements of the outgoing Government

The minister announced that a new meeting with 497 patients will be held this Thursday, November 30.

Another topic that the head of the Ministry of Labor referred to was the ministerial agreements signed at the last minute by former minister Patricio Donoso. Núñez pointed out: “This week we will finalize the known ministerial agreements at the last minute.”