Incidents at a Coca-Cola workers protest at FEMSA: police prevented them from cutting off traffic

The protest called by the dismissed workers of the company Coca-Cola FEMSA at the corner of Callao and Corrientes has begun with incidents between protesters and the police.

The clashes began at 7:30 am, when activists moved to Corrientes Avenue to stop traffic. Thea city policeman, who was instead, mounted a formation and went ahead to free the transit.

Troops used their shields to repel protesters and launched a pepper spray. However, they did not achieve their goal: the workers regrouped and stayed on the avenue, thus preventing the movement of cars.

At 7.45 am, the police deployed a new formation and advanced on Callao Avenue, causing the withdrawal of the column of protesters. There were scenes of tension and many reacted against journalists covering the protest. For their part, the troops used pepper spray and protesters were injured. Finally, at 7:51 am, the police managed to remove the Callao and Corrientes demonstration and resume traffic. The former employees of the bottling company FEMSA have gathered at the corner of Callao and Lavalle.

After the procedure, there were no more inmates. Police sources consulted by Infobae described the operation as "very neat". "The goal was to release Callao and Corrientes at that time, to avoid a chaotic situation at that time," they said.

The conflict began to take shape last week after the company called for a crisis-prevention procedure to reduce consumption. After a negotiation with the union (SUTIAGA) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Production and Labor, Femsa finally announced that "it was not necessary to open the CPP" and that the dismissals there would be 32 instead of the 75 originally planned.

The company's statement stated that "Coca-Cola FEMSA Argentina has reached an agreement to reduce the impact of the restructuring by ending the crisis crisis procedure" and that "in the coming days, the official steps to approve this agreement will be fulfilled ". As agreed by the parties, the licensees will receive 100% of the compensation, the others will be transferred to other factories.

Despite an agreement, the bottling workers announced yesterday that they were going to demonstrate today in central Buenos Aires to denounce the fact that the company had launched its plan for the future. 39; adjustment and flexibilisation of work with discriminatory and persecutory dismissals of nearly twenty employees ". "at the headquarters of the Pompeii district.

"It was clear to the general population, for Coca-Cola families and consumers, that this multinational company had no crisis and therefore did not approve the presentation of the procedure. Preventive crisis management.Unfortunately, with the approval of the Ministry of Labor, the employer and the government have concluded a layoff agreement, leaving this multi-million dollar company the leisure to let more than families on the street, while continuing to raise prices without distinction, "said the workers' statement.