The Food Pozo began last June a "negotiation" with the council, the intentions of the company are applying a series of cuts in wages and labor rights.
Despite having reached 40 million as profit in the last financial year, ELPOZO Food alleged "danger in the lack of competitiveness", mainly because labor, despite having achieved a turnover millionaires are not considered as competitive enough.
One of the measures that the company intends to implement wage conditions affecting the template.
Thus, and because the courts are giving us reason to workers, ELPOZO Food SA asks us to withdraw all lawsuits filed in return offering immediate crumbs that make them more competitive (we lose rights and wages, in return for they further increase their profits).
The offer that the company concerned we done, is to accept the payment of money only claim in the courts, and that such amount is distributed among the entire workforce.
So if a person, the company owes about € 2000, will "settle" to receive just over 100 €.
Understanding the company further, that this proposal we make is too advantageous suppose it also entails a number of conditions such as dual wage scale (those entering work will not receive any supplement, but have worked for the company before and / or perform the same work as another person), the new hires will be temporary, reductions in break times, elimination of complementary perceptions assembling them in a new salary supplement, increase flexibility and measures time line cuts labor rights workers.
In addition, the company is sending circulars to the template to instill fear with phrases like: "... we must take preventive measures before entering into difficulties.
If we do not we may be forced into situations they are going through companies like Fagor, Panrico, Pescanova ... ".
For CGT this is blackmail and a business strategy to continue to oppress the template.
Since CGT understand that business proposals are to increase their profits even more change to cut our wages and our rights.
Since CGT is not going to allow it, because we have long holding company that indiscriminately lucre a pressure based template and steal our achievements based on years of struggle.
We believe that the only way left to us at this point, and after having endured his alleged "negotiation" is the mobilization and strike.
Since CGT unit bet on the workers of El Pozo, to defend our jobs and our working conditions.
Source: Sección Sindical de CGT en el Pozo Alimentación