Metal workers v General Motors Company São José dos Campos, an inner part of São Paulo, approved an indefinite strike at a meeting this Sunday, the 22nd. The strike will begin this Monday and is being motivated dismissal of employees, which were classified by the union as a violation of the agreement. The blackouts, according to the subject, were carried out through this Saturday telegrams and emails.
The cuts also affected the company’s two other factories in the state of São Paulo: San Caetano do Sul d Mogi das Cruzis. Workers in San Cayetano also approved a strike, but the decision must be ratified at a meeting this Monday, according to union leaders in the region. In Magh, the meeting is scheduled for 6 a.m. this Monday.
In a statement, GM said the layoffs were related to the need to adapt the workforce at its Sao Paulo plants due to falling domestic sales and exports. The automaker did not comment on its approval of the strikes. Currently, the company ranks third in the Brazilian market, with a share of 14.9%, behind Volkswagen (15.9%) and Fiat (23%).
At São José dos Campos, which makes the S-10 and Trailblazer models, the condition for returning to work is the cancellation of all layoffs, except for job stability.
The São José union claims GM signed dismissal (temporary suspension of contracts), which guarantees the stability of the work of everyone at the enterprise until May 2024. Of the 4,000 employees of the facility, 1,200 are on layoff, the company reports.
“Thus, the agreement was violated and the layoffs were made without any prior negotiations with the union, contrary to the law that requires such action in case of mass layoffs,” the organization said in a memo. The automaker did not disclose the total number of laid-off workers.