Minister Khan: Rescue workers are key to basic business

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Minister Khan: Rescue workers are key to basic business

Ciudad Guayana, 13 May. - RBV.info .- The newly appointed Minister of People's Power for Basic Industries and Mining, José Khan, began inspection visits to different areas of operation of state enterprises producing iron, steel and aluminum that operate in Ciudad Guayana, the state Bolivar, in order to verify your status and talk with workers and managers on projects to be executed for relaunching.

As part of this tour, the owner of Mibam visited on Tuesday Alfredo Maneiro Siderurgica del Orinoco (Sidor), the leading steel producer in the country with an installed capacity amounts to 4 million tons of crude steel and 1 million 800 thousand tons of slabs and other products.

During this trip, Khan met with leaders and members of the union branch in the Steel Industry Workers and Similar (Sutiss) and outsourced workers who work for the company's contractors, professionals, technicians and staff.

He stressed that 'Sidora have actively participated in the workshops Guiana Socialist Plan 2009-2019, which have provided ideas and solutions for operational problems, technical and social changes occurring within the plant. "

Sidor was pointed out that for 10 years in the hands of a foreign private enterprise, 'which left deep problems at the level of equipment, physical facilities, working conditions and other carriers, which are being solved with the direct input of workers and the Bolivarian Government. "

In this regard, he noted the case of degraded plant, where you can see the corrosion that has affected part of the installation by the use of chemicals.

'The workers have decided on the workshops Chinese allocate resources of the Fund approved by the President Hugo Chávez for the repowering of Sidor, projects for the recovery of these areas, because they know better than anyone where are the priorities and more serious problems '.

The Minister Jose Khan also spoke with workers Sidora on the National Government's intention to incorporate them into the administration and management of plants supervised by the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).

'We are inviting the unions and workers to nominate five names of professionals, technicians and workers with experience and training, incorporating a pair Transitional Board leading companies as they consolidate a new management model based on workers' control', forward .

He recalled that these five positions will be responsible for managing the areas of office, marketing, purchasing, production and finance, and be supported by a committee also selected based on the curriculum submitted by the unions with the Miba

It also invited the workers to fight the campaign unleashed by the opposition in the state of Bolivar, who tries to convince the public that basic business' are broken by the national government mismanagement. "

"These campaigns are motivated by electoral interests of businessmen and politicians who do not represent the feelings of the working masses, who loves his business and are struggling to move them forward in a deeply democratic process as it is these working groups, 'said Joseph Khan.

In this regard, stated that 'as well as 8 years ago people were able to rescue the President Chávez from the grip of the oligarchy, now workers can also take to the companies of late and put them in the service of the Venezuelan people. "

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