Around a hundred workers gathered this morning in Bilbao, in front of the Tubos Reunidos headquarters, before starting a march that covered a large part of the Bizkaia capital, with stops at the Bizkaia Provincial Council, the City Council, and the headquarters of the PNV, PSE, and BBVA. This occurred hours after it was announced that Tubos Reunidos had filed for voluntary creditor bankruptcy and the CNMV had suspended its stock market listing.
The Amurrio works council has announced that the company will meet with workers this Wednesday morning at the plant in the Alava town and, in the mid-afternoon, at the Trapaga plant. Workers will attend these meetings “to listen” and to be told “the truth”.
“"We are going to continue asking what we have been asking for weeks and no one has wanted to answer: what is happening with debt refinancing, what conversations exist with potential investors, what role are creditors playing, and what is the true industrial scenario on the table?"
Similarly, it was added that until they hear what the company conveys, they cannot anticipate the future steps to be taken by the workers. However, the works council of Tubos Reunidos de Amurrio has ruled out attending the assembly called for May 7 to discuss whether or not to maintain the indefinite strike currently in place.
“"Now, the questions must be directed to management and institutions. What went wrong? What has been done with all this time? What has been done with public resources? What plan do they have now? Will they acknowledge the failure of their plan and their management?"
In this regard, a representative from the LAB union pointed out that the company “instead of looking for external investors should ask the internal ones, those who took 270 million euros, to now put money in.”
