Mecaner staff asks to “respond as a people” to prevent the closure and calls for a demonstration

The template mechanic has asked the citizens of Urduliz “respond as a people” to prevent the factory’s closure located in the city of Bizkaia, supporting the demonstration called for March 2while demanding that institutions take on “responsibilities and obligations” and make efforts to defend employment.

At a press conference in Urduliz, the works council recalled that on September 1, 2023, the multinational Stellantis informed the Mecaner staff of his intention to do so closure of the Urduliz factory for the entire year 2024 and that on March 4, the company plans to begin the consultation period “prior to the dismissal of all employees necessary for the subsequent closure of the company.”

The committee also considered that “it is urgent to put mechanisms in place so that when this happens it is mandatory to return the public money from which they have benefited” and at the same time an industrial reconversion can be addressed based on criteria of ecological and social conditions. sustainability and job retention.”

They have also urgently demanded “to make industrial policy more socially just and environmentally sustainable, putting workers above capital.” “It cannot be tolerated that profitable companies can make these types of decisions,” he warned.

For this reason, they have called on citizens to participate in the demonstration that the works council has organized next March 2 at 5 p.m from the Urduliz City Hall, “for an industry with and for the future” and against the closure of Mecaner.

Indefinite strike

ELA in turn reminded this Mecaner’s staff has been on strike for an indefinite period since February 7 and production at the Urduliz factory will be completely halted. On the days convened together with the committee, he indicated, “the monitoring is total” and on the convened ELA days “the monitoring is majority ownership, so there is not enough staff to carry out the production.”