Collective dismissal largely affects older workers (and the less experience). It is the fault of the crisis in the sector, but also of countries where you pay less in labor.
364 Yazaki Saltano workers in Ovar were fired this Friday.
“This group still entered the service in the morning, but in the lunch break the workers were informed that they were dismissed and no longer returned,” tells the leader of the Union of Transforming Industries, Energy and Environmental Activities (website) of Center-North, Justino Pereira.
The most affected are “older workers, over 61, and those who have the least years of home,” he says.
As the channel advanced, a company source revealed that The news was already awaited By some workers (and many even received formations for over a year for lack of work).
“The automotive industry currently faces challenges Not only in Europe, but also globally, and the transition to electric mobility is progressing at a slower than expected. As a result, Yazaki parts sales values have consistently registered results below projections For several months ”, justifies the company.
“Ovar’s Saltano Yazaki is especially affected by these developments in the sector, and there is no provision for a positive long -term change. For this reason, the company is forced to adopt the now communicated measures, ”writes the Japanese multinational production of electronics and electronics for cars.
The coordinator of the Centro-Norte website, however, regrets that the most drastic measure was chosen: “If the government had heard the union alerts in February and sought a solution.” And suggests: “We could have had a lay-off prolongedfor example”.
The Mayor of Ovar, Domingos Silva, admits that this will beM Great shaking in Ovar and in the countrybecause the municipality “loses 364 jobs in the largest company in the county, with 2,100 workers”.
There are more profitable countries for the Japanese
But the crisis in the automobile sector is not the only reason for collective dismissal. Portugal is not so attractive when compared to other countries (Africans, for example).
The very document to which the Express had access to which the Japanese company justifies the dismissals is the existence of factories in others most attractive countries. Even in Europe, the Romania (where labor is 38% cheaper) and Bulgariafor example, represent fewer costs.
“We can affirm that The same project produced in Egypt represents only 10% of the cost of labor, compared to Portugal’s. That is, the same worker has a cost 9 times higher than the worker who in the YSE (Yasaki Saltano Emea) factory can practice identical and equivalent functions, ”writes the company.
Morocco also has less costs about labor (only 27.57%of what the Portuguese earn), as well as Bulgaria, (44.4%) and Tunisia (21.57%).
