For its part, LAB has demanded that all the competent institutions, and especially the Basque government, use all the mechanisms at their disposal to reverse the closure and thus guarantee “a present and a future” for this factory.
He Basque government maintains contacts with “other companies” that may be interested in keeping the factory open Protective glass in Llodio (Álava), the closure of which was announced yesterday by the American multinational, with the dismissal of 171 employees. This has been confirmed by the Minister of Industry, Mikel Jauregiwhile emphasizing that his department’s function is to “stimulate, not direct, investment.” “It is the first thing we have to analyze with the current company or with a new company,” he clarified.
The Minister of Industry has said that he is also in contact with the Provincial Council of Álava, the Municipal Council of Llodio and the workers’ representatives. “We must all row together to turn the situation around, with Guardian or with a new activity,” he said.
The Minister of Finance and Finance has expressed himself in the same sentence: Noël d’Anjouwho believes that “it is not wise to consider a possible investment by Finkatuz (the Basque government fund for business creation) in Guardian, there must be an industrialist who leads and we give energy.”
Councilors D’Anjou and Jauregi held these demonstrations in Bilbao, where they took part in a press conference to announce an investment by Finkatuz in the Arania group.
LABORATORY
For his part, LABORATORY has demanded that all the competent institutions, and especially the Basque Government, use all the mechanisms at their disposal to reverse the closure and thus guarantee “a present and a future” for this factory. “Companies that receive government subsidies should not make arbitrary decisions that destroy jobs and make our regions precarious,” the union said in a statement.
LAB has denounced the HOA of extinction that Guardian will present “with complete clarity”. According to the union, this is a decision that Guardian made long ago, “with a clear roadmap that started with relocating its most profitable activities and then selling Glavista’s stake to a vulture fund,” prioritizing “its economic interests”. above human lives.
Source: EITB
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