Castelló (EFE).- The Marie Claire company has given the settlement to the 190 workers who have already left the firm and is pending to present the bankruptcy in the second half of July.
This Thursday the fifteen-day notice period ended and the 190 dismissed workers signed the settlement, although they now have a fifteen-day period of the corresponding vacation, after which they will be separated from the company in Vilafranca (Castellón).
Compensation of 23 days with 13 monthly payments
These workers receive 23-day compensation with 13 monthly payments, as agreed at the end of June in a meeting between the management and the representatives of the workers of the pantyhose and lingerie textile firm.
The rest of the workers, a minimum workforce of 72 workers in Castellón and 33 in the rest of Spain, will continue in ERTE for three more months with a possible extension of 3 months.
Of them, 5 or 6 employees are on surveillance work and another four in the warehouse to organize the orders that were pending, and the rest of the workforce continues to receive an ERTE “at home”, according to EFE union sources.
Investor search continues
Regarding the Marie Claire bankruptcy, it will be presented during the next week or so, while the search for an interested investor continues.
Union sources indicate that some investors have appeared with the appearance of vulture funds that are only looking for the brand.
At the same time, negotiations with the administrations continue, now in a transition period due to the change of government in the Valencian Community.
The unions demand an industrialization plan
The unions demand from the administration an industrialization plan for the Els Ports region, an unpopulated inland area where Marie Claire was founded more than a hundred years ago.
The company has been facing financial difficulties in recent years and has received financing from the Valencian Institute of Finance, which has been used to deal with the financial situation and settle the accumulated debts with workers and suppliers and to restructure the company to adapt to the current situation. market.
In recent years, it has been affected by external factors, including the reduction in the consumption of tights, the logistics and raw materials crisis, and the increase in energy costs.
The Think Textil company bought the Castellón firm in April 2021.