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The newspaper Los Andes fired part of its staff this Monday.
Layoffs in Los Andes
Los Andes workers began to find out about the layoffs this Monday, mostly for telephone communication with Human Resources. None of them have yet been notified by formal telegram.
“I found out there were layoffs, I called Human Resources and they told me I was on the list,” he told ONE Diary one of the journalists who lost her job.
Employees are mobilizing to the newspaper headquarters located on San Martín Avenue, in the heart of the City of Mendoza.
Official statement for the closure of the printing plant
“Los Andes restructures its operation to project itself into the future”is the title of the official statement released to the media by the company.
According to the firm, The paper newspaper will continue to be printed but in an external plant “following the trend of the global press to establish printing synergies.”
The circulation of the newspaper will not be affected but the decision It does imply the closure of the local plant and the dismissal of its workers..
Within this restructuring, Los Andes points out that “the permanent growth of digital consumption and the resizing of printed volumes forces journalistic companies to gain efficiency in this field to focus their resources on multiplatform journalistic production.”
In the statement they confirm that “In addition to the printing plant, this restructuring of the company includes other areas of the company, within a process that Los Andes undertook to adapt to new times with the objective of having a healthy, agile and innovative structure.
The company did not release official layoff figures. in said statement.
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