The multinational announced the decision on Tuesday and indicated that it will become a reality within six months. The Basque government assures that it will intensify discussions with the company to try to maintain its activities.
The multinational Protective glassdedicated to the production of glass, announced on Tuesday that it will close the factory in which it is located Llodio (Álava) and will reject his 171 employees.
The final announcement, which will materialize within six monthswas announced to the works council this morning.
After hearing the news, the workers’ representatives held a meeting and the unions will appear this afternoon for an initial assessment.
Exactly, questioned by the closure, the counselor of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability, Mikel Jauregiexplained that the company’s decision “a surprise“, as before Christmas they were in contact with the Luxembourgish management, who conveyed to them the “difficulties of the sector due to the energy pressure” in Europe, although in no case was there any question of closure.
The company has now claimed that there is “a debt” in one of the ovens, and that it is “impossible to repair.” According to the multinational, this malfunction has led to the ERE of extinction.
Considering this, Jauregi announced that “will intensify talks with the company” to try maintain activity economical with “new investments“.
Likewise, the Basque government has transferred its support to the staff of Guardian Llodio and the Aiaraldea region.
The Provincial Council of Álava has expressed its discomfort at the announcement of the closure and assured that it is committed to the search for “a new, solid business project with a future” for the factory.
In a note, he recalled that in recent years, the Alava and Basque institutions have continuously offered their cooperation to the company, with the aim of guaranteeing its future.
In this sense, he has indicated that he is working with the Basque government to give continuity to this company and find a solution based on “a new solid business project for the future”.
He LAB association has denounced the destruction of jobs and the process of “de-industrialization” in the Aiaraldea region of Alava. LAB Aiara, through a message on her profile on a social network, called for the “defense of the future” of Aiaraldea and denounced the announcement of Guardian’s closure.
“No more job destruction and deindustrialization in Aiaraldea!”, said this union, which has made an appeal in favor of this region.
Guardian Glass still has a factory inside Tudela (Navarre), which is not affected by the closure.
Source: EITB
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