They're starting an indefinite strike this Sunday at the Tubos Reunion factory in Amurrio
The strike will begin on the night shift (22:00), but since a four-hour strike is called in advance, the strike will actually begin from 18:00.
Themajority of the Amurrio Tubos Reunion Workers Committee (ELA, LAB and ESK) has called from 16 March an indefinite strike at this plant to reject the ERE and other measures put forward by the company, which affects 274 people at the Amurrio plant and 27 at the Trapagaran plant.
The strike will start on the night shift (22:00), but since a four-hour strike was previously called for today, it will actually take effect from 18:00 on Sunday afternoon.
Representatives of the ELA, LAB and ESK unions onthe Amurrio Reunion Tubes Works Committee took theproposalto call an indefinite strike (14 of 21) to the assembly last Wednesday and the workers supported it.
The workers want to reverse the company's decision and prevent the closure of the steelworks. They believe that a social agreement should be put in place that puts in place a feasibility plan and sets "a course" for the company without "forced redundancies".
On Friday the consultation periodfor the negotiation of the ERE of Tubos Reunidos ended without agreement.
The company says\ u00A0 isobliged to apply the Employment Regulation Dossier to 301 people (EVE) and study all the scenarios that open up "in the face of this new situation".
Everything that is happening,in addition to , has caused a serious crisis between the representatives of ELA at the Trapagaran plant and the union itself. Izan, the representatives of Trapagaran have given their approval to the EVE, contraryto the opinion of the ELA management.
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