Amazon Offered to relocate 190 Martorelles workers at other facilities of the multinational company in the province of Barcelona. As the company announced a month ago, they represent around 20% of the 800-employee staff who expect to determine their future after the logistics warehouse closes. a figure”absolutely not enoughin the eyes of threatening unions to strike indefinitely if the deportation is not increased and compensation is improved for those not covered by insurance.
Negotiations between Amazon’s management at Martorelles and its employees are moving into the final stages. This Sunday legal consultation period is officially over, but both parties They were called for a new meeting next Tuesday.that unions hope to approach positions for an agreed closure of the factory.
At the moment, negotiations are clogged, according to the works council’s version, and they don’t see a push for an approach on Amazon’s side, which is putting amounts on the table almost limited to legal minimums. As explained by worker representatives who went to the factory on Thursday Catalonian Parliament to meet with different political groupsAmazon is offering to relocate 152 warehouse workers at its headquarters in El Prat de Llobregat on a full-time contract, as well as 30 warehouse workers on a permanent discontinuous contract. Six more positions for middle managers can be added to these.
To put pressure on Amazon, unions filed six complaints with the Labor Inspectorate this Thursday for alleged violations of occupational risk prevention protocols. They also state that the administration exerted pressure on them by demanding police intervention to disperse the information scouts placed at the warehouse gates throughout the day.
Amazon demands police against protesters
Martorelles Mayor Marc Candela confirmed Last Wednesday, she received a call from an Amazon executive demanding that she send agents and clean up worker demonstrations.. The head of the council explained that his answer was that he was not responsible for the security powers corresponding to the Generalitat de Catalunya, and that if the protesters were not committing any illegality, there was no reason to dissolve them.
According to El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group, Amazon has already put pressure on Martorelles town hall to receive favorable treatment for its installation and expansion through municipal permits.
What will be the sixth meeting between the management of the multinational company and the workers next Tuesday is scheduled. It will take place in the Headquarters building. Ministry of Labor -to mediate- number two Albareda street, Barcelona. Here’s the same scenario where the first mediations of other major labor disputes were done recently: Nissan. Then the liquidation of 2500 jobs was discussed, today there are 800 jobs.
2.5 million euros per year
Unions demand more displacement. They claimed from the committee this Thursday that they “really put on the table the work they have in Barcelona”. And better compensation for those covered, because currently the company offers 23 days of work a year, while the legal minimum is 20. And this is the transfer Zaragoza o Far d’Empordà is not an option for the majority, in addition, their salary there will be 600 to 700 euros less per month.
Another card yet to be played in the negotiation game is when the Amazon will leave the lands of Martorelles. When he settled in 2017, he signed a 10-year contract with the company. trustworthy -the owner of the land- in exchange for an annual rent of 2.5 million euros, according to sources familiar with the operation. In other words, the multinational should also resolve this issue with the landlord before releasing the land so that a possible future successor can negotiate for replacement.