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Inditex workers protest the company's intention to close 20 establishments

  • The workers have parodied during the Kalejira the draw of the pig that has been carried out in the Plaza de Santo Tomás. Inditex aims to close 20 establishments in Hego Euskal Herria, in the first phase of the digitalisation process it is carrying out. According to Berria, the transnational company wants to close seven sales posts by next April.

21 December 2020 - 16:00
Donostiako kalejirako une bat. Argazkia: ELA.

Inditex workers have manifested themselves in the streets of Donostia-San Sebastián, most of them women. The workers have left the San Martin shopping centre and have approached the shops that the company has in the centre. Parodiing the drawing of the pork of Santo Tomás, the ELA syndicate stated in a statement that “it is intended to compare the serious consequences that the closure of shops will have on their jobs”.

Digitisation process for online sale

In the summer of 2019, Inditex announced that it would start a digital transformation process with the main goal of making 25% of sales online. “This process, beyond store closures, will affect to a greater or lesser extent all workers in the group companies: Zara, Massimo Dutti, Berskha, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Oysho…”.

In Hego Euskal Herria, the “negotiating process” began in early December, in which the company announced its intention to close 20 establishments. ELA denounces that, in addition to the risk of job losses, closures and the process in general can affect the working conditions of the jobs that are maintained: “Inditex does not guarantee that it offers employment on an equal footing and does not rule out that some of its workers change residence if they want to continue working at Inditex.”

Seven establishments closed by April

According to Berria, under this plan, Inditex plans to close the top seven sales in April, putting 66 jobs at risk. Here are the selling points: Stradivarius de Leioa e Irún; Massimo Dutti de Pamplona y Lasarte; Pull and Bear de Bilbao; and Zara bana de Vitoria y Barakaldo.


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