CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's socialist president is threatening to "go after" the country's biggest food producer. And the company's workers are not happy about it.
Union leader Richard Prieto says workers held meetings on Monday and agreed to "defend our jobs throughout the country."
Chavez on Sunday called for authorities to investigate whether Empresas Polar has been hoarding food, saying if it continues "we will have to go after Polar."
Employees say they fear that a government takeover would leave them worse off.
That’s a twist on the situation in many Latin American countries, where workers have often protested efforts to privatize state-owned companies.
