The workers of Toro, Venta de Baños and Aguilar de Campoo support the viability plan, which guarantees the continuity of the company and 1,700 jobs
The Siro Group workers in Castile and Leon have majority endorsed the competitiveness plan proposed for him investor partnerthat will guarantee viability of the business cookie and the future of 1,700 jobs, 300 in Toro.
The first to speak on the industrial plan were the employees of the toresana plant, after an assembly held in the Latorre Theaterin which participated the Minister of Industry, Reyes Maroto; the Government delegate in Castilla y León, Virginia Barconesand the mayor, Thomas of the Good.
Maroto exposed the workers the content of the preliminary agreement signed in the early hours of last Friday and the additional improvements that the investor has incorporated in the last hoursMeanwhile he works council explained how have developed talks and that, if the feasibility plan is not approved, the group syrus would be forced to present a bankruptcy. Immediately afterwards, the workers exercised their right to vote in a ballot box installed in the access to the Latorre Theater.
Although a few days ago the employees of the Toresana factory were totally opposed to the viability plan, most “transparency” on actual situation of the company and the environment of “trust” generated by the Ministry of Industry, led to the new vote will bring a resounding result.
Of the 227 votes deposited in the urn, 209 were favorable to the viability plan, 13 against Y five workers voted in white.
The tension, nerves and concern that was felt in the moments before the informative assembly gave way to relative calm after the vote count, although the workers were aware that the ultimate solution to the Siro Group crisis also depended on the votes in the rest of factories in Castile and León.
The expected result came a few hours later. Both the template of the special employment center and El Espinar as the workers from the Venta de Baños factory in Palencia supported with your votes the feasibility plan, after the assembly held in the trade union building in the Plaza de los Juzgados de Palencia, which was also attended by the Minister of Industry.
The workers of special center of employment and El Espinar issued 177 upvotes, 27 against and four blankwhile those of the factory cookie cutter Sale of Bathrooms supported mostly the competitiveness plan since, after counting votes, 218 were affirmative and five negative.
In the case of the biscuit company’s factory in Aguilar de Campo their workers agreed support, without the need to hold a vote, the pre-agreement on the new industrial plan offered by the investment fund, after considering that it improves the one that they already validated a month ago.
The voting results eased the tension accumulated in recent days and, as recognized by the president of the works council from the Siro factory in Toro, Maria Jose de la Iglesia, “Now we see the light at the end of the tunnel & rdquor ;.
visibly excited, thanked the Minister of Industry that will move to Toro to inform workers about the preliminary agreement with the investment partner, as well as peer support to the competitiveness plan, because it involves a “sacrifice”, but it also opens the door “so that we can have a future, to continue working and for Siro to continue”.
On the other hand, justified the turn of the vote on the feasibility plan in which, “We were deceived and the company has never had the transparency that the ministry has had” and that has made the different templates aware of the delicate real situation of Siro and the economic crisis it is going through.
Lastly, De la Iglesia acknowledged that various improvements have been incorporated into the industrial plan so that Siro workers can, in the future, recover purchasing power, “according to some objectives that we have to meet.”
“Generosity” of the bull template
After knowing the result of the vote, the mayor, Tomás del Bien, praised the “generosity & rdquor; of the Siro employees in Toro because, although the competitiveness plan leaves “touched & rdquor; part of their labor rights, demonstrated that their “absolute priority & rdquor; is to save the factory.
In fact, he assured feel “proud & rdquor;, as mayor and as a neighbor, of some “comrades & rdquor; that “they have known how to rise to the occasion”, since the loss of 300 jobs could be a serious blow to the city and the province.
On the other hand, employees of the Toresana factory positively valued the support for the viability planbecause it supposes “continuity and continue working” and they appealed to the “unity & rdquor; of the entire workforce to continue fighting for the future.
For others, the yes to the investor’s offer represents “a break & rdquor;, because it is “very important to keep the job and there are many of us who could stay on the street” if urgent action was not taken to find a way out of Siro’s economic crisis.