Nova Scotia Cuba Association

 The avilmateña dared                                                              (Los Trabajadores)

Maritza Rodríguez Labañino begins early to deal with the rigors of work. “I started here at 19 years of age...” he says and comments about his first tasks: “Clog the pores to the balusters to terminate the product and I worked in the manufacture of granite slabs.”                                                                                                                               

Autor: José Luis Martínez Alejo

The worker perseveres and triumphs: “I decided to link to courses of improvement and here I am still in the work center to which I have dedicated all my life”, says who becomes the head of the collective of one of the plants of the basic business unit (UEB) Concrete and Terrazzo, located north of the municipality of Morón, of the central Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila.

She's strong character. “I respect myself, but it is not necessary to be so rigorous because my colleagues are disciplined, very laborious and fulfilling the goals we set ourselves, we are like brothers,” he refers to the dockers, the operators of the packaging equipment and the dust remover.

Accustomed to dealing with obstacles, and the 10-year experience in that position, she does not lose a day in the manufacture of the so-called special mortars destined for masonry.

According to the data sheet, the tail mortar is ideal for joining bricks, blocks and stones; the placement and gluing of ceramic materials and other uses. For its part, the fine stucco is designed for smooth, uniform and ready-to-paint surface finishes. Suitable for finishes on drywall or cement, medium or rustic mortars and concrete or concrete.

While calcium carbonate contributes to improve various properties of materials, such as strength, durability and insulation, in addition to reducing costs. In the industry it serves as raw material for the production of cements, special mortars, paints, ceramics and concrete blocks. In the masonry helps the resan of walls and fine endings.

Of course, today the elaboration of those lines is not a matter of sewing and singing. “We are strongly beaten by the humidity in rainy periods that delays the drying of dust and blackouts”, although, in the latter case, it works at the same time, like men, when electric service is restored, but without losing sight of the attention to their family composed of two children and two grandchildren.

The example of this daring avilmateña will be present at the event of women creators Dianelys Morgado Cabrera in memoriam, scheduled for next day 19, in the Construction Materials Company of Ciego de Ávila (Avilmat), a meeting aimed at recognizing the constant effort and contribution of the companions in the production, management positions and the tasks of the community.