The company keeps that these are voluntary agreements, while workers claim that they were pressured to sign them
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A series of terminations caused tension at Renault's plant, located in the Santa Isabel neighborhood of Córdoba. According to employees, since last Thursday, individual calls began in which they were notified of the end of their employment relationship. In total, about 300 people were reportedly affected, and several claim that these were dismissals disguised as "voluntary agreements."
The company's version, however, differs. The company confirmed the number of 300 terminations, but assured that all were agreed upon with compensatory benefits. This measure is a response to the end of production of the Nissan Frontier and Renault Alaskan pickups, and to a restructuring that will reduce the number of models manufactured.
The affected workers question that argument and state that the departures included sectors unrelated to the discontinued projects. They allege that the company seeks to reduce costs by replacing long-tenured staff with contracted employees. "With one of us, they pay up to three of those contracted workers," several of the dismissed stated when describing the situation.
Desde la compañía confirmaron el número de 300 desvinculaciones
They accuse union complicity in the selection of personnel
Among those dismissed, there is suspicion that the company applied a filter to determine which employees would continue working. According to their version, the criteria would include records of complaints or internal reports, which resulted in some being labeled as "at risk." In addition, they point to the automotive union for alleged collaboration in the preparation of the lists.
The dismissed recalled that months ago they filed a judicial injunction to stop dismissals considered arbitrary within the plant. In that case, it was requested that permanent staff be given priority over contracted employees. They argued that this measure would prevent the massive replacement of experienced workers with temporary staff.
No public statements have been issued by the union regarding the conflict, while the company keeps its position that the agreements were voluntary. For now, labor authorities have not intervenedofficially, although the workers are considering new legal actions. The Córdoba plant, one of the oldest in the country, is undergoing an industrial transition process that will continue in the coming months.
