At least 420 Masorange workers – among them 147 future early retirees – have decided to voluntarily sign up for the ERE proposed by the telecommunications company, which represents 65.23% of a total of 650 possible exits, with the expectation that the figure will increase to throughout next week. In this endeavor, the merged operator has extended until midnight on November 13 the deadline to adhere to the non-forced exit. CCOO denounces the alleged coercion of employees, under threat of forced dismissal in the coming days, with the aim of “disguising” the voluntary acceptance figure. In turn, the UGT union explains that the new deadline aims to “avoid, or at least reduce the possibility of forced casualties and, given the misinformation campaign that has been carried outwith the distribution of hoaxes of all kinds”, it has been decided to open the aforementioned new membership period. In an environment with the unions in a fight, the company reported on October 24 the increase in income until last September, with increases in billing for services of 1.2% and an improvement in EBITDA of 7.5%.
Until last November 4, only 215 workers had opted for voluntary departure, a figure that has doubled in the last 48 hours to 424 non-forced withdrawals on November 6, according to data from the ERE Monitoring Commission of MasOrange. In the opinion of the workers’ representatives, “the adverse conditions of the employment regulation file, the difficulties of the socioeconomic environment and the uncertainty of finding a job in a sector prone to job cuts deter many employees,” as stated reflects that only 9% of the staff of the Masorange companies affected by the ERE (4,695 employees) have decided to leave the company without waiting for possible events, including forced dismissal and without the corresponding voluntary bonus.
As agreed by the company and unions in the ERE agreement of last October 16, employees who decide to leave on their own will receive a extraordinary incentive of 3,000 euros for those with seniority of up to eight years, 8,000 euros for workers with between 9 and 12 years in the company and 15,000 for seniority of more than years. These compensations will not benefit early retirees – from the age of 56 – for whom 80% of the fixed salary and 50% of the variable salary are offered.
CCOO sources explain that they have “reported to the Labor Inspection the alleged coercion of MasOrange workers to sign up “voluntarily” to the ERE under the threat of forced registration.”. According to them, “these coercions occur in all areas of the company and in a multitude of departments, with a special impact on Information Systems, Finance and Operations, although there are quite a few cases in Sales and Distribution, Customer & Product, different teams of marketing as well as the People area.”
The collective dismissal process at Masorange coincides with the confrontation between the company’s two main union forces, UGT and CCOO. Among other points of friction, The UGT reproaches the neighboring union, as well as USO, for the fact that delegates from said centers “have signed up for the ERE, while lip service they rejected it and forced no one to sign up.”“, according to a statement from UGT. Specifically, they have indicated that “almost all the CCOO delegates of the ERE negotiating table, more than half (four out of five), signed up in the first moments, despite that convinced hundreds of colleagues not to sign up because the ERE is bad.
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