The unions and the company Téus, subcontracted by him to filter the contents of the social networks Facebook and Instagram, have been summoned this Monday to sign a, which will mean. The formalization of the agreement will be made in the offices of the Department of Labor, where negotiations have been carried out, which culminated last Wednesday in a pre -agreement between both parties. About 96% of the workforce supported the pact, on a telematic vote that took place between Thursday and Friday.
Those affected will receive compensation of 33 days per year worked, the equivalent of an inadmissible cessation, with a maximum of 24 monthly payments, as advanced The newspaperso that the entire ERE will have an approximate cost of 22 million euros. They affect the bulk of the workforce – composed of workers of many different nationalities and who speak several languages - that Télus has in the Glòries tower, except about half a hundred employees who are not linked to the contract of moderation of target content.
The text agreed between the parties also contemplates the creation of a job bag to cover vacancies that may occur in other cities. Those affected by the ERE will have preference to occupy these places in the two years following the signing of the file. The termination of contracts will begin to become effective on May 22, although the process will be progressive and the ERE is completed in September.
On April 3, the multinational goal, of content that was carried out by Telus. The decision came after the founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Opt in January. At that time a paid permit was already granted to the workforce and, in fact, they were prevented from entering the facilities. Télus then assured that he was looking for other clients to maintain his presence in the Glòries tower, since, according to workers, goal was his only supplier.
Meta landed in Barcelona in 2018, through the subcontracting Telus, a Canadian technological. At that time the arrival of the company was held, due to the alleged creation of qualified jobs and the scope of technology, and also because it was one of the few investments that arrived in Catalonia in the middle of processwhen the usual news were companies that moved their headquarters outside the community. But soon reality was imposed and it was seen that it was not such qualified jobs, nor were they so stable, they were not so safe.
In fact, during this time there has been the occasional labor conflict, such as when the workers claimed the equalization of salaries of Spanish content moderators with that of those who moderated content in other languages.
