The Siro committees reach "a principle of agreement" with the Ministry of Industry in Madrid

MADRID, 10 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The company committees of the Siro factories have assured after the meeting with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism that they have reached "an agreement in principle".

"At 03:00 a.m. we have reached a principle of agreement with the Ministry and the investment funds on the competitiveness plan in all the plants. On Saturday, it will be submitted to an Assembly and a vote in the work centers that said no," explained the President of the Works Council of the Aguilar factory, Alfredo Alonso, adding that "the agreement will be the same for all the group's factories".

In this sense, he pointed out that the agreement consisted of "a recovery of purchasing power in four years' time and a commitment to negotiate reduced conditions in 2025".

Likewise, he has remarked that some aspects of the agreement remain to be "polished", although he has highlighted the initial effort and has positively valued that the company's workers recover purchasing power "in a short space of time".

The committees have traveled this Thursday to the capital of Spain to negotiate the new offer presented by the investment group that had been interested in the purchase of the food firm, all after having held a meeting in Valladolid with the Junta de Castilla and León, the delegate of the regional government, Virginia Barcones, the president of Cerealto Siro, Juan Manuel González Serna, and the mayors of the municipalities where the factories are located.

Regarding the negotiation with the investment group, Alonso has assured that "rather little is known" since the fund has had a telephone conversation "directly" with the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto.

Thus, the president of the Business Committee has specified that Maroto and the Minister's Chief of Staff will attend the Assembly on Saturday to explain to the entire workforce "the situation of the company and the course of the negotiation."

"After more than 15 hours of negotiations, we see hope to save our jobs," Alonso stressed.

Likewise, he pointed out that the Works Council will be working "until the last second" to find "the solution to this conflict".

Previously, the delegate of the Government of Castilla y León, indicated that the Government of Spain is there when called, and assured that the will is that the crisis be solved and that jobs are not lost.

"The one who has been talking to the investor, the one who has been carrying out their own work, has been the Government of Spain and that is why it is the Government of Spain that has the investor's offer," he explained, which is why they have traveled to Madrid.