The address has also improved compensation for forced dismissal that he had done and has offered 45 days per year worked.
The multinational Bridgestone It has reduced by 45 the number of layoffs planned in the employment regulation (ERE) specially presented at its Basauri plant (Bizkaia). In the case of the San Miguel Bridge factory (Cantabria) they would be 10 less.
Representatives of the company and the unions They have met again This Thursday to continue negotiating the ERE of extinction of contracts raised for both factories, which initially affected 335 workers in the Biscaya factory and another 211 in the Cantabrian. According to the proposed raised today, the total exits would go from 546 to 491.
In addition, he has offered a Voluntary Prejubilation Plan for workers from affected plants over 57 years (fulfilled on June 30, 2025), to which 81 people could be hosted (45 in Basauri and 26 in Puente San Miguel).
-At the meeting, the Directorate has also improved compensation for forced dismissal he had done and has offered 45 days per year workedwithout limit of monthly payments, matching it in quantity to voluntary casualties.
Although the union sources consider “an advance” the new economic offer of the company, they do not see enough to reduce dismissals and demand alternative measures that allow mitigating them with, for example, more workload and production in the factories that make necessary a greater number of operators to face it.
The parties have gathered within the framework of a new day of strike at the Basauri plant against the Esperiente, which, like the previous ten, has been seconded by “one hundred percent” of the squad, according to union sources.
They will continue to negotiate these issues next Monday, when the negotiating table will meet again. Meanwhile, the workers maintain the approved mobilizations calendar, which includes two other strike days, next Saturday and also on Monday, coinciding with the aforementioned meeting.
