UGT, ELA and LAB are against the closure. Meanwhile, faced with the “unexpected” closure announcement, Chivite has said its priority is staff, and UPN, EH Bildu and PP have expressed concern.
The general secretary of the Federation of Industry, Construction and Agro (FICA) UGT NavarreLorenzo Ríos has shown his union’s “total rejection and opposition” to the closure of the BSH factory in Esquíroz (Navarra). “We will oppose this closure,” he said. He added that they are willing “to discuss alternatives that will preserve the business and employment.”
After pointing out that they believe BSH is a “competing company”, they have insisted that “this cannot be allowed a move of production to Turkey and Poland,” in line with what the Industrial Law says in the sense that companies receiving government support must maintain employment, he emphasized.
Ríos, who has put forward that they will speak “with all the institutions, with everyone”, the Government of Spain, the Government of Navarre and the political groups and agents involved, has emphasized that what must be done in his opinion is “invest in the company to look for models for higher energy efficiency.”
FICA qualifies as “a blow” announcing that it believes “it is responding to a relocation strategy from a company that can be competitive if it really commits to it.
IF She also opposes the closure and demands an industrial plan from the company and the regional government to defend jobs. ELA denounces in a statement that the multinational wants to leave almost 700 people unemployed despite the fact that “they 60 million profit in 2023 at national level”. The union, with two of the seventeen union representatives on the works council, will oppose the closure, an “unjustified” measure.
Moreover, ELA has denounced this the shapes of the company in giving this news: “management has not provided any relevant information to the union representation, apart from the news about the closure of the Esquíroz factory in June 2025.”
The representative of LABORATORY The industry, Asier Calderón, has admitted that they did not expect the closure “under any circumstances”. “much less of the shape” in which it was announced. In statements to Euskadi Irratia, he explained that the staff has “made efforts in recent years” and emphasized that there is no “lack of competitiveness”, as management claims. “The factory is competitive, the problem lies in the commercial decision to transfer the workload to factories in Poland and Turkiye“.
Furthermore, he has warned that the closure will not only affect BSH Esquíroz’s workforce, but also indirect jobs linked to the factory.
For her part, the President of Navarre, Maria ChiviteResponding to the “unexpected” announcement of the closure of the BSH factory, which was communicated to him by letter this Monday, he stressed that at the moment his “priority” and his “maximum concern are the 660 employees”.
In statements to the media, Chivite has stressed that it was something “unexpected”, pointing out that a letter in this regard was sent this morning to both her and the Minister of Industry and the Ecological and Digital Business Transition, Mikel Irujo.
This, he added, “is not usually the case in the government’s relations with corporations, which are customary, daily and continuous, in which, when they have had difficulties, they have known how to turn to the government, and that is not the case.” he declared.
The president, who indicated that they were aware of “concerns at the plant” through meetings held with both the works council and management, indicated that they attempted to contact management in Germany via various letters they had received. sent, but “at no time did they receive a response.”
The chairman of UPNCristina Ibarrola has indicated in a post on social networks that “another company is leaving Navarra”. “While others just increase taxes, at UPN we are committed to a fiscal model that promotes jobs, investment and growth,” he said.
Laura Aznal, spokesperson for EH Bildu In the Provincial Council he has indicated that it is necessary to take effective measures to strengthen companies. “Another business relocation by issue. Faced with the growing threat of business relocation and hyper-globalization, we must protect our industry and its jobs,” he noted.
He PP from Navarre denounced in a statement that the announcement of the closure of the Esquíroz factory is “another example of the disastrous management of the Navarre government, which forces companies to close or leave Navarre”.
Source: EITB
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