new open façade Amazon inside still (tarragon), days after agreeing with workers to close their headquarters Martorells (Barcelona). E-commerce giant contacted subcontractor Kuehne+Nagel giving up their services, forcing it logistics and shipping company tenant Tarragona warehouse of 42,200 square meters, leaving the area and possibly firing staff. They are 150 workers who are in the process of setting up a negotiating table to see what happens to them as TV3 progresses.
This was confirmed on Thursday by UGT from the Prensa Ibérica group to El Periódico de Catalunya, explaining that the only customer that justifies and fuels the operations of this factory is Amazon. company of german origin and headquartered in switzerland He would have no choice but to shut down the unit. Although it is actually similar to the Martorelles case, the problem with this case is that they cannot negotiate directly with Amazon because they are employees of a subcontractor company. compensation or transfer to another logistics complex.
As Catalan television remembers, this was the first center Amazon opened in Tarragona in 2016, just a year after it set foot in Catalonia, but opened another one a little later in 2016. mollet (Barcelona), in this case a own ship, just ten minutes from Constantí. even if he American e-commerce giant Although it has not made any statement on this issue, the closing is understood as another example of the intensification of activities after a financially bad year: Amazon closed the year 2022 with a worldwide loss of $2,700 million (€2,500 million).
In the case of Martorelles, the conflict finally came to an end when the company offered to relocate about 200 people (from a workforce of 800) to other centers in the province of Barcelona and improved financial compensation for those who agreed to go to work. Distant d’Emporda (Girona) anyone Square (Zaragosa), which is what the input group suggested.
In the case of Kuehne+Nagel, the only way out would be to connect another Amazon-style customer that would allow them to continue working on board or relocate operators to other business centers. The company’s city of Barcelona and Sant Esteve SesroviresFor example.