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FROM
CUBA
Worm
infestation paralizes milk cannery in Cuba
HAVANA, Septiembre 29 (www.cubanet.org) - A hard-to-erradicate
worm infestation at the "Abigail González"
condensed-milk cannery in the eastern province
of Granma has paralized the plant repeatedly,
causing confrontations between workers and management,
who blame each other for the problems.
Managers ascribe the problem to negligence on
the part of the workers in cleaning the equipment.
Workers say they don't get enough cleaning supplies
to do the job, adding that the work stoppages
affect them directly in loss of salary. The government-controlled
union sides solidly with management on the issue.
Luis Sergio Núñez, a delegate of
the independent National Labor Confederation,
said that about 70 workers are losing work time
and salary due to the stoppages, which had never
gone on as long as this.
"Hot water, chlorine, alcohol, and other
chemicals, have not erradicated the worms, which
accumulate in the interstices of the machinery,"
said Núñez. "Every morning,
workers clean from 8 to 10, but the infestation
remains."
Production at the plant is down by more than
50 percent.
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