Unilever confirmed the 21 layoffs and the union paralyzed the factory

The company confirmed that it would not retreat with the layoffs. With 16 workers already agreed compensation, but it is difficult to negotiate with the rest. The union organized a 24-hour strike to protest the non-reinstatement of the five who have not yet settled.

On Thursday morning, the fired employees and Unilever HR representatives met for the last time in the delegation. Local Ministry of Labor, in a last attempt to reinstate some of the workers, the company's lawyers do not back down in the negotiations.

In this way, Unilever returned to ratify the 21 dismissals and confirmed that there is already Oscar Casco, union secretary of the Chemical and Petrochemical Syndicate of Zárate, tried to obtain This has allowed some workers to benefit from higher compensation than that provided by labor legislation.

recover some of the jobs lost because of "the adaptation of the operational structure of the factory". [19659003] Ángel Cabezas, head of Gualeguaychú's trade union delegation, explained that "the conciliation deadlines are already over and both parties have been released to follow the negotiations or move to union actions in the case of the union. Union".

Cabezas added "There are only five workers left who do not agree on the amount of compensation, but these negotiations may take place informally between the company and the workers."

At the end of the meeting, Oscar Casco denounced the trade union system "and reported that the implementation of a measure of force:" He begins to strike for 24 hours to protest against reincorporation people who want to continue working. This is why since Thursday 22, the rest of the Unilever workers decided to paralyze the factory 24 hours in solidarity with these five dismissed comrades. "

As Unilever had reported on July 5 through a statement, the layoffs They were part of a process of adaptation of the operational structure of the Gualeguaychú factory:" Unilever ratifies strict compliance of the compulsory conciliation dictated by the Secretary of Labor and Social Security of the province of Entre Ríos and reaffirms its commitment to the development of the Gualeguaychú community and the security of all its productive processes, "said the statement at the beginning of the year

"This adaptation was an extreme step we took after making changes in all other aspects of the operation. that the local operation remains viable and preserves the more than 220 direct jobs and more than 500 indirect jobs that we generate in Gualeguaychú ", concluded his explanation.

While the negotiations in the work lasted, the employees Unilever were accompanied by their peers from the companies of Baterías Villa, Larroque, Union Bat, Discopack and Silicato, who left in an intense rain at 9 am from the industrial park roundabout in South Access with a caravan of more than 120 vehicles, pbading through Artigas, Del Valle and Rocamora, until reaching the Labor Delegation of Calle España.