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24/08/2007
PLUNA affected by a labor conflcit

Uruguayan airline PLUNA has been affected in its operations by a conflict with the union of pilots, informed the company in an official notice.
The company has had to pass its passengers to other aerolineas and means of transport to try to minimize the effects of the measures in its passengers in the flights to Buenos Aires, San Pablo, Santiago and Madrid.
Matias Campiani, of Leadgate partnership administrator of PLUNA, showed that the company wants to open a scope that begin the negotiations with the pilots.
On the other hand the spokesman of the Civil Association of Airlines Pilots (ACIPLA), said the coonflict obeys to the opposition of the pilots to that 18 of their colleagues are sent to unemployment insurance.
ACIPLA, called to conform a round of negotiations between the company, the union and the Labour Ministry.

Source: El Pais