On Monday, the management of Tubacex published a new statement, in this case aimed at the workers of the company. Although the document consists of several paragraphs, it can be summarised in two clear messages: They are not going to do what the committee asks (to withdraw the appeal before the Supreme Court, after the TSJPV annulled the 129 redundancies) and want to produce as much as possible in the months of August and September.

The text has several ironies. On the one hand, the management insists that the Works Council has not responded to its proposal. On the other hand, however, it reiterates that it will not give up the appeal under any circumstances. In other words, they will not meet the only requirement required by the trade unions for the end of the strike in the Basque Country.

Production at peak, but risk of closure?

Another of the ironies of the letter is that the management insists that the strike calls into question the viability of the plants. The judges of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country did not believe it in their judgments, but Tubacex itself contradicts itself at the same time when it says: "During the month of August, the highest level of activity will be maintained for full operational performance from the week of 30 August."

How can the future of the Amurrio and Llodio factories be endangered if their aim is for infrastructure to operate with full capacity? Those responsible for the company seem to have just entered into a mere schizophrenia in which they publicly confuse their desires, their threats and their hopes.

We know what the threats are, the factories will be closed down. The wishes are also clear, producing as many tubes as possible. And the hope is that the Scots will skip the back of the direction.

Skiroles, the only exit for the direction

The leaders of Tubacex have observed several months of silence during which the conflict has become invisible. They certainly thought that the strike would be disconvened without affecting their calculations. But we're in August, and all of their plans are falling. As you have acknowledged, there is a workload and factories are paralysed.

As a result, they have begun to fracture the face of poker until July. An offer was made which would expire in May. Apparently, this was the only one. Another has come in July, and as the strikers have not recognized it, it is clear that the leadership has begun to lose.

What used to be silence has suddenly become an inexhaustible torrent. Without saying anything, that is true. Tubacex has refused to put an end to the redundancies and has placed all its hopes in the Madrid Supreme Court for their resolution.

But in the meantime, the strike has not stopped and the solutions are running out for the team leading Esmoris. There are already three communiqués that have been made over the last week to press the committee. On the contrary, yesterday's call for workers to return to their jobs is an extreme measure of a desperate direction, contrary to the display of force, despite having a dozen policemen on their orders.

Changing strategy, but showing weakness

You can see that leadership has been marginalized by the strike, not only in the nervousness that has been created in the company, but also in the level of tension that you notice. In recent weeks police and buses have returned to factories and, in addition, poisonings and criminalisations against strikers have become continuous by the media. The call of the CCOO Secretary of the Basque Country to end the strike has not been missed and, this week, when the letters are running out, the leaders of Tubacex have put everything at stake thinking that the Scots will help them.

So things, it seems like August is going to be very hot, not for the time, but because it's going to enter a crucial moment of strike in Tubacex and the direction feels besieged; and there's no more dangerous animal than the one that feels surrounded.