H&M workers start an indefinite strike in Hego Euskal Herria
- The Swedish clothing multinational has announced that it will dismiss 56 workers from Hegoalde. In 2019 it earned a profit of EUR 1.270 billion and, according to the ELA trade union, these layoffs are related to the policy of promoting online sales.
H&M workers have started an indefinite strike on 3 May against collective redundancies and job cuts. This cut will affect eight businesses in Hego Euskal Herria (6 in the CAV and 2 in Navarre) and 229 workers and it is planned to leave 56 jobs: 52 in the CAV and 4 in Navarra.
The ELA trade union, which has an absolute majority representing workers in this chain, has denounced that "the dossier submitted by the company does not coincide with the economic crisis. The H&M company as a whole is profitable, as in 2019 it billed almost 22,000 million euros and earned a profit of 1,270 million euros." The union has called for a reduction in the working hours of workers and a redistribution of employment, "and for new jobs created (customer service, warehouse, logistics and distribution…), not to be outsourced or relocated, and for measures to prevent them from operating under more precarious working conditions".
The trade union has warned that both closures, layoffs and adjustments are related to the promotion of online sales being implemented by H&M "and that is taking place in other major trade chains. If this type of business strategy is not modified, the most obvious effect will be job losses in the sector and relocation."
I found the old news on the LIGHT ephemeris channel: On April 23, 1918, Irish workers went on a general strike in I. Against forced recruitment for World War II. Thanks to the response of the workers and independence supporters, Britain was forced to retreat.
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