(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Mar.2018) – A new collective contract signed by PDVSA on 14 March 2018 eliminates 8 hour shifts and work lunch rooms, reported the newspaper El Nacional, citing oil union official Iván Freites.
Workers will now be required to work 12-hour shifts, said Freites. He added Venezuelan petroleum sector workers plan actions to reject the new collective contract, without providing details.
“With the elimination of 8 hour shifts, we are returning to the 19th Century,” said Freites.
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