Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Tubacex's management transferred a new proposal to the workers, but rejected readmission

  • On Friday, the workers of Aiaraldea will complete 100 days of indefinite strike on the first day of strike. The mobilization will take place at 12:00 in the Alavesa town of Llodio.
Jeus Esmoris -ezkerretik hasita bigarrena- Tubacexeko akziodunen batzar batean (Argazkia: Jose A. Del Moral)

19 May 2021 - 08:51

Jesus Esmoris has sent an open letter to the workers of Tubacex. The CEO of the multinational has repeated what the management of the multinational had so far told him. On the one hand, he pointed out that Tubacex’s “social conflict” originates from the “structural crisis” of the oil and gas sector, which has forced them to “reform the size and cost” of many plants in the Tubacex group.

Esmoris stressed that the strike is causing serious economic, commercial and industrial damage and that its prolongation "will have irreparable consequences for the work plants".

However, Esmoris has assured that they have no intention of relocating the company or imposing cuts on the workers, emphasising that the Aiaraldea plants have invested more than EUR 100 million. However, he added that the current "uncontrollable situation" could jeopardize management's commitment to the district's factories.

The CEO has held the Works Committee responsible for what happened, considering that the management made an offer to reduce working conditions, in order to avoid redundancies. “Trade union representatives never made a proposal in this regard,” explained the company’s chief.

Proposal

Along with the letter, the director has handed over a proposal to the workers. On the one hand, it has proposed increasing compensation to workers affected by redundancies. It also proposes that over the next two years 50 per cent of places not covered by internal promotion should be offered to dismissed staff. However, the company would decide and contract in this case, negotiating “individually” the working conditions.

In addition, Esmoris undertakes to maintain "the basic conditions of the agreement" until 2024. According to the written proposal, the multinational would commit itself to maintaining the current jobs for the next three years. However, the CEO has made it clear that he would not fully comply with the provisions of the convention, as, for example, the salary increase planned for the end of the year would be dismantled.

Esmoris has also refused to readmit redundant workers on the grounds that "it is not possible to increase the costs of workers".

Expiry date

Esmoris has insisted that the proposal has an expiry date. The CEO has asked the workers to return to work before 31 May, calling off the strike. “Otherwise, the proposal cannot be guaranteed.”

100 days strike

On Friday it is 100 days since the Tubacex workers started an indefinite strike at the Tubacex plant. The works council will be mobilised on that day from 12:00 hours from the entrance of the Llodio plant.

Changes in direction

The management of Tubacex has sent workers a letter in which another news related to the company is gathered over time. According to several media outlets, Álvaro Videgain will no longer be president of the multinational in the coming days, after 28 years in the position of the multinational. Former Vice-President Volkswagen will replace Francisco García Sanz in office. The forecast is that the change will take place at the end of June, when the shareholders’ meeting is held.


You are interested in the channel: Ekonomia
145.142 sinadura aurkeztu ditu Euskal Herriko Pentsiodunen Mugimenduak

Pentsio publikoak duintzeko kanpainak 145.142 sinadura bildu ditu urte hasieran abiatu zenetik, eta pentsio apalenak behintzat lanbide arteko gutxieneko soldatarekin parekatzea da helburua. EHPM Euskal Herriko Pentsiodunen Mugimenduak Eusko Legebiltzarrean erregistratu du... [+]


2025-05-15 | Estitxu Eizagirre
Baserritarren Eguna
Gipuzkoako Aldundiak laborari ekologikoak diru-laguntza batetik kanpo utzi dituela salatzeko elkarretaratzea egin dute

Gaur, maiatzak 15, San Ixidro da, Baserritarren Eguna. Egurra Ta Kandela baserritar ekintzak salatu du ekologikoan lan egiten duten laborariak landutako azalera handitzeko diru-laguntzatik kanpo utzi dituela Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundiak. Horregatik, 12:00etan Aldundiaren aurrean... [+]


San Ixidro

Aurten ez dut aparteko ilusiorik San Ixidro egunerako. Ez dut girorik aurkitzen. Ingurura begiratu eta giro ospela. Burua lanean jarri behar izan dut epeltasun bila, eta hara non, azaldu zaizkit gure gazten zain hilabeteak daramatzaten lagunen irribarreak. Bihotza epelxeago dago... [+]


San Sebastian has been declared a high voltage zone by the Basque Government
It will be published definitively in July in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and is the first capital of the Southern Basque Country to be named.

Trade union commitment at San Sebastian City Council
“The possibility of working and living in Basque can be guaranteed if there is will”
The five unions (ELA, LAB, CCOO, Erne and ESAN) that make up the Workers’ Committee of the City Council of San Sebastián, have reached an agreement to promote the active participation of workers in the Basque Country and guarantee opportunities to live and work in the Basque... [+]

Itzalaldiak argitu digu bidea: sare elektrikoaren deszentralizazioa

Iberiar penintsulan apirilaren 28an gertatutako itzalaldiak, egungo energia sistemak dituen arrakala guztiak utzi zituen bistan. Enpresa elektriko handien diru gosea, berriztagarrien ezarpen masiboak dakartzan ajeak, eta herritarrok bizimodu hiper-elektrifikatuarekiko dugun... [+]


Of the need to illuminate the darkness

Yours is not ecology, yours is ideology.” You have the words of the head of the Spanish opposition, this time with the excuse of the blackout. What it means to distort the word ideology; energy transition and/or energy policy because, as the word says, it is pure politics. The... [+]


Talenturik behar ez duten lanak

Talentu faltaren mamua da azkenaldian ekonomiaren ikuspegi kapitalista hegemonikotik ezarri nahi diguten eta denek ontzat eman behar dugun ideia nagusietako bat. Arazo artifiziala da, eta ikuspegi oso elitistatik, gure egunerokoan ez dagoen denon arazo bihurtu nahi... [+]


How Many Are We and Kanaldude Television Will Be Awarded This Year’s Mutual Awards
The route will be rewarded by Nola Gara, and the Project will be rewarded by Televisión Kanaldude. The awards ceremony will take place on June 3rd at the Teatro Café in Bilbao.

Businessman arrested for exploitation of undocumented workers
The investigation was launched in January after one of the victims requested assistance from the Social Security. Even though he worked for more than ten hours every day, "he didn't have enough resources or food." As a result, the head of a fiber optic installation company has been... [+]

The Basque Arms Industry Debate (IV)
The transformative adaptation

To conclude the previous article, we put on the table an objective that Zedarria and the Basque Government do not want to address when talking about production for waste and war in the Basque Country (EHXGE, or military industry): That there is no war in the world that feeds on... [+]


Spanish Decree for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Food in Schools
Once again... nothing to change.
The Spanish Government has just issued the Royal Decree on School Canteens, which will influence the management of school canteens in the Southern Basque Country. Spoiler: it is a document that shows no intention of developing a healthy and sustainable food system.

2025-05-12 | Jakoba Errekondo
The dolar is a forest, even the cider
This year is YES. This year will be the apple year (Malus domestica). And in order to properly greet and take advantage of the affirmative, among other things, we will have to produce dollares.

Eguneraketa berriak daude