Amurrio
The workers of Tubos Reunidos will meet this afternoon to decide on the next steps
In the morning there will be a meeting of the staff delegates who make up the works council to prepare for the afternoon meeting. The management has informed the workers of its intention to lay off 301 workers (274 in Amurrio and 27 in Trapagaran) and close the Amurrio steelworks.
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Basurko is committed to a future industrial project for Reunited Tubes that will have as little impact as possible on employment
Tubos Reunidos proposes to lay off 301 workers from the Amurrio and Trapagaga factories
The Employment Regulation Dossier (ERE) presented by Tubos Reunidos proposes to lay off 301 workers from its 1,400 factories in Amurrio (Álava) and Trapagaran (Bizkaia).
The unions point out that the follow-up to the first rounds of the Tubos Reunion strike in Amurrio has been "complete"
The workers have been concentrated again since 7 a.m. in the vicinity of the Alavesa factory, where they will remain until the end of the scheduled meetings between the workers' representatives and the company, at which time they will report on the number of workers affected by the ERE.
Tubos Reunidos has temporarily closed the 2025 financial year with losses of EUR 71.3 million
The turnover increased by 13%, but the low average sales price has caused the company's debt to rise to €263.2 million. The company, which has factories in Amurrio (Álava) and Trapagaran (Bizkaia), has stated in a statement that they need to quantify the damage caused by the fall in activity in the United States.
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Tubos Reunion strike starts tonight in Amurrio pending regulatory report
The management will meet this Monday with the trade union representation of the two factories and report on the ERE.
The Tubos Reunion Works Council has called for the suspension of the ERE, opening the way to "fighting"
"Our position is firm, we want to say loud and clear: do not deceive Basque society, neither Tubos Reunidos, nor the institutions, nor the Basque Government, because it is a company that has received a lot of public money, more than 100 million, to ensure its viability and to maintain industrial activity and employment," they explained.
The unions estimate that there will be at least 130 redundancies in Tubos Reunidos if the ERE is ratified
The Amurrio and Trapagaran Works Councils have met at the Bizkaia plant to establish a common position before the first meeting with the management on 9 February.
The Department of Safety and Security has reported the appearance of paintings against an ertzaina in Amurrio
According to the Department of Safety and Security, in the paintings the agent is called "zipaio" along with the message "Get out of here".
The highs have reached 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the interior
This Sunday afternoon they reached 40.5 ° C in Amurrio and 40.3 ° C in Zalla and Noain, among others, while on the coast temperatures have been significantly lower.