The CCOO union section at Asturiana de Cinc has expressed its rejection of the ERE proposed by management for senior management personnel and those with individual contracts at the San Juan de Nieva plant. The CCOO Industry Federation of Asturias supports this stance.
The CCOO union section at Asturiana de Cinc has expressed its rejection of the employment regulation file (ERE) presented by management for senior management personnel and those with individual contracts at the San Juan de Nieva plant. The CCOO Industry Federation of Asturias has backed this position and adopted it as its own.
According to the union's statement, this stance is taken alone, after SITAZ, USO, and CSIF supported the agreement reached with the company. CCOO believes that the organisational reason cited by management is questionable from a technical standpoint and does not address the fundamental doubts raised during the negotiation period.
“We still do not know what the future organisational model of the plant will be, nor its organisational chart or composition,” the union states. For CCOO, the equation is clear: it proposes job destruction without previously explaining how the factory will be structured or what role the San Juan de Nieva centre will play in the company's future.
The union warns that this ERE cannot be analysed as an isolated decision or as a simple internal reorganisation operation. Its effects, they alert, may extend to the framework of labour relations in the coming years, both in the negotiation of the agreement and in the actual capacity of the San Juan de Nieva centre to sustain employment, functions, and industrial weight within the company.
In light of this situation, CCOO announces its rejection of the ERE and reserves the right to take legal action that may correspond to this measure. The San Juan de Nieva plant, located in the municipality of Castrillón, is a benchmark in zinc production in Spain and employs hundreds of workers.
The labour conflict is set against a backdrop of industrial restructuring affecting several companies in the sector. The workers affected by the ERE are those with senior management or individual contracts, a small but key group in the organisational structure. CCOO's decision not to support the agreement reached by other unions opens a path of uncertainty regarding the next steps.
From a practical standpoint, the workers included in the ERE should be alert to possible legal actions that CCOO may undertake, as well as to the development of the collective agreement negotiations, where the union anticipates that this file will have repercussions. The company, for its part, maintains its adjustment plan, which according to union sources aims for an internal reorganisation.
So far, the management of Asturiana de Cinc has not made any additional public statements. The ERE affects a limited number of employees, but its symbolic and strategic impact is significant for the future of the industrial centre. The coming days will be crucial to see if CCOO takes its rejection to the courts or if a new phase of dialogue opens.
For the workers at the plant, the recommendation is to stay informed through their union representatives and closely follow the official communications from the company. The resolution of this conflict could set a precedent in labour relations in the sector in Asturias.
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