The announcement struck like a bomb and the unrest in the workplace is great. Yet not everyone who passes the gate of Tata Steel passes a brochure. Some cars drive on without even opening the window.
“I think those people don’t realize what impact this will have in the entire IJmond,” says Richard. He says he has the feeling that the threats for employees in the forty -one years that he has worked at the Staalfabriek have not been that great.
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Immediately after the message about the planned reorganization, the trade unions announced that promotions are not excluded. “Of course we do not benefit from that either, we want to come out in a good way, but in the end the employee is central,” said Mol.
Today’s meetings are not yet intended to prepare actions. The FNV first wants to exchange information and argue solidarity to all employees.
Solidarity also experiences Tata pensionado Richard at the gate of the steel factory, if he gives his flyer through the window: “I say, we need each other, and they almost all agree. We need each other now, it’s no different.”