The Japanese multinational Bridgestone has reduced by 55 the number of dismissals In the employment regulation file (ERE) presented, which would be 45 less for its Basauri plant (Bizkaia) and 10 less for the San Miguel Puente (Cantabria). In addition, he has offered a Voluntary Plan for Prejubilations for those over 57 years old of those factories.
Representatives of the company and the unions have met again this Thursday to continue negotiating the ERE of extinction of contracts raised for both factories, which, which initially affected 335 workers In the Biscaya factory and another 211 in the Cantabrian.
Despite this, workers have been summoned to a new strike day at the Basauri plant. This strike, like the previous ten, has been seconded by “100%” of the workforce, according to union sources.
In the meeting on Thursday, the address has raised a reduction of those layoffs, so that the total exits would go from 546 to 491as unions have explained to their term.
Mitigate the number of layoffs
In addition, he has offered a Voluntary Prejubilation Plan for over 57 years (Fulfilled on June 30, 2025), to which 81 people could be hosted (45 in Basauri and 26 in Puente San Miguel).
The sum of the reduction of layoffs and possible prejubilations could reduce in 136 workers (100 in Basauri and 36 in Puente San Miguel) The initially raised outputsas the unions have calculated, which claim the adoption of more measures that mitigate the number of layoffs.
At the meeting, the address has also improved compensation for forced dismissal that it had done and has offered 45 days per year worked, without a monthly limit, matching it in quantity to the voluntary low. The company initially offered compensation of 20 days per year worked, which then raised 35 days per year with a limit of two annuities.
Union sources have considered “an advance” The new economic offer of the company, but they do not see enough to reduce the number of layoffs and claim alternative measures that allow mitigating them. They have proposed, for example, more workload and production in the factories that make a greater number of operators necessary to face it.
With this and with other measures, such as internalize some positions that had been outsourced since the last restructuring or Move to the other two affected plantsoffering the workers incentive, or the income plan they were proposing in Basauri and in Puente de San Miguel. In this way, they consider the unions, “the number could be reduced in a considerable way that is the objective.” “Above all, work, work, Give future and viability to the company“They have explained.
missing “A future plan”
“A future plan and an industrial plan still are missing“, have denounced sources of workers commissions (CC.OO.) In his opinion, “more work” for the plants affected by the ERE “would allow help to lower the number of layoffs.”
Another possibility to increase the need for people could happen, as they have pointed out, for reversing positions that in the past Bridgestone externalized to be assumed directly by the company.
BUP union sources have also considered that the economic offer in prejubilation, which, as stated, would guarantee the affected worker the collection of 70% of the net salary until he turns 63 years old is improvable.
The parties will continue to negotiate these issues next Monday. 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.
