The trickle of companies facing temporary closures due to the effects of the strike in transport grows
The paralysis of the country as a result of the transport strike is no longer a remote possibility, but quite real and even close. The president of the Merchandise area of the National Committee for Road Transport (CNTC), Carmelo González, acknowledged yesterday in an interview on Onda Cero the risk that Spain stops this week. “I don’t want to say it, but unfortunately, yes,” he lamented.
After nine days of indefinite strike, the alarms have gone off in the face of the threat of a collapse that is becoming more and more tangible every day as a result of the significant deficiencies in the supply chain that are causing problems in the supply of basic products. In fact, there are already some sectors that describe this situation as “catastrophic” and send an SOS to the Government: either this is resolved urgently or there may be a blockade in Spanish industry.
Sectors such as transport and fishing have voluntarily stopped their activity as a protest measure, but the boomerang effect is growing and is already worryingly affecting most industries, including one that is as necessary as food. Numerous companies and cooperatives have had to interrupt their manufacturing processes and have been forced to temporarily close their plants due to lack of supply, such as Calvo, Azucarera, Cuétara, Dcoop, JaenCoop, Agrosevilla and feed factories. Yesterday, companies such as Danone, Lactalis, Mahou San Miguel and Heineken-Cruzcampo announced that they will be forced to do so soon, something that Estrella de Galicia already warned about last week.
Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford, Michelin, Arcelor, Tubacex, Sidenor… The trickle is incessant and the list is getting thicker. Even Zara is warning of delays in its deliveries to those who buy ‘online’. No one is safe from being harmed by this strike.
Milk sector
Danone, the large dairy company that employs 2,000 workers and supplies more than 13.5 million homes, warned yesterday that within a maximum period of 24 hours it will be forced to temporarily interrupt its activity both in its four plants in Spain of dairy products as in the three of natural mineral water. “If an agreement is not reached in the next few hours, Danone will be forced to make the drastic decision to interrupt the milk collection process and, as a consequence, the production process in its factories and the subsequent transfer of the finished product to the chains. of food distribution”, warned the company.
Another multinational such as Lactalis, in turn, verified the “limit” situation that is being faced in the dairy plants due to the stoppage of transport, for which it appealed for “dialogue so as not to worsen the situation.”
Breweries
In addition to milk and yogurt, beer is another product that is at risk of disappearing from the shelves. Heineken Spain also warned yesterday that if the situation continues it will be unable to serve its products to shops, bars and restaurants and to stock up on raw materials due to the “violent” pickets that prevent the company’s normal operations. For its part, Mahou San Miguel also acknowledged that it is operating “with difficulties”.
automotive
Faconauto, the employers’ association of car dealers, warns that the transport strike is interfering with their activity, especially with regard to the supply of parts, and exacerbating the general delay in the supply of vehicles.
Building
Others who joined the cry of alarm were the members of the employers’ association of the companies that supply construction materials, Andimac, who warned that shortage problems could cause a stoppage of works starting next week. For this reason, it calls for a shock plan with urgent measures to guarantee circulation at key points and thus avoid collapse.
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