Uruguay: Information on whether the employees of COTSUR were able to join FOT after their enterprise's breakup
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | URY18119.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uruguay: Information on whether the employees of COTSUR were able to join FOT after their enterprise's breakup, 1 September 1994, URY18119.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abf670.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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The information that follows was provided by the Secretary General of the UTC (CUTCSA Workers Union) and UNOTT (National Union of Transport Workers) transport unions, who is also one of the three coordinators of the PIT-CNT (National Workers Central) of Uruguay (2 Sep. 1994).
COTSUR always belonged to UNOTT (formerly FOT) as an affiliate. After its bankruptcy, many of its lines were opened to tender and were transferred to other companies. COTSUR workers were distributed among the new owners; most of the transport lines were given to other cooperatives (RAINCOOP and COETC), and one of its lines was acquired by the private company COMESA (a Sociedad Anónima, roughly equivalent to "Incorporated" in Canadian business law). COETC, RAINCOOP and the COMESA workers are affiliated to UNOTT; when the COTSUR employees moved to these companies, they continued to be affiliated to UNOTT.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
UTC/UNOTT, Montevideo. 2 September 1994. Fax received by DIRB.