Some 14,000 workers started a 48-hour stoppage Thursday in Venezuela's biggest iron and steel factory to demand wage increases and better working conditions.
Representatives from Orinoco's Ternium Steel Industry's (Sidor) enterprise are negotiating with Venezuela's Labor Ministry and the guild to end the strike.
Sidor, privatized in 1997, is located on a 2,206-hectare property near Puerto Ordaz city in the state of Bolivar, some 800 km south of Venezuela's capital, Caracas.
The Steel Industry Workers' Guild (Sutis) rejected the proposal of a daily wage of 44 bolivares per day (20.46 U.S. dollars) versus the initial demand of 50 bolivares (23.25 dollars).
Sutis President Jose Acarigua Rodriguez said they will request Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's support if the collective contract negotiations with Sidor are not accomplished in March.
Source:Xinhua
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