Time continues to run against Marie Claire and, for the moment, there is no agreement between the unions and the company. Yesterday afternoon there was a new meeting that was closed without an agreement, since the unions demand from the company an improvement in economic compensation, “to leave the company for which we have fought with more dignity,” explains the president of the company committee, Cristobal Monfort, to La Vanguardia.
Both parties hold different positions, including the compensation proposal that is equal to that of FOGASA and lower than that obtained by the last employees who left the firm in a collective process.
Likewise, everyone works looking at the calendar, since on June 30 the ERTE that keeps a total of 130 employees at home ends, who would have to rejoin if things do not change. However, Monfort points out, this possibility is not contemplated by the company, which would not want to assume the burden of said wage bill. Thus, the company would ratify the bankruptcy before the courts of Castellón on the 30th.
“Time is running out and we continue to wait, but the risk is that June 30 arrives and since there is no new investment, the company applies an ERE of extinction,” argues Cristóbal Monfort, who admits that he is exhausted in negotiations that do not let up .
With everything, he maintains hope and trusts that the company will summon them again, since the “best possible scenario” would be the maintenance of the job for some 70 people and an ERE for the rest of the staff. For now, but no progress.
“We believe it will happen, but we don’t know when,” he declares, confident that there is room for negotiation. Meanwhile, the workforce is surprised by the signs of attention and even the sales managers perceive a “rebound in sales”, even on the website, where the product continues to be sold. “There is total solidarity with Marie Claire and that makes you even more angry, because you understand that it could be saved,” reflects the president of the works council.
