A court in Sanchez Ramirez has ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought by Barrick Gold against the Workers’ Union of the mine (Sutrabarrick) that accused the union of not having the majority of members required by law to represent the interests of all of the employees at the mine.
In a press release, the Canadian company said that at the beginning of 2017 they asked the Labor Court in Sanchez Ramirez to rule as to whether the union had sufficient members to be able to have union representation and now the court has ruled that they do not.
As reported, the union had stated membership was 738 to 794 members but later representatives admitted they did not know the exact number of active members.
The court ruled that of the 2,087 employees who worked at Barrick Gold, at the time the lawsuit was filed some 1,803 had the capacity to belong to the union hence the union did not have the percentage of eligible members required by the law.
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Diario Libre
10 July 2018
