Willy Meyer, the head of list IU in the European elections, Marta Pulgar, number 3 of the European Parliament and Jesus Iglesias, General Coordinator of IU of Asturias, held this morning a meeting with the CCOO union section of Arcelor and works council members that served to give an overview of the situation of crisis in Gijón and ERE of Arcelor.
This meeting was also attended by Secretary of the Regional Union of CCOO in Gijon, Juan Sanchez. Union members at Arcelor, Angel Diaz, Secretary General of the CCOO union section of Arcelor, John Smith, Secretary General of CCOO Arcelor in Gijón and Theophilus Stephen, Secretary General of CCOO Arcelor in Avilés, moved the candidate of the IU strategic importance for the Asturian economy has Arcelor. Arcelor is
15% of GDP in the region and their jobs are 30% in the metal sector in our region. Also affect the risk of turning off the furnace and the need to be assured that when the market situation so demands it can start again with the investment needed to update, still pending, despite being involved in the process privatization of the company.
Willy Meyer, the current MEP and candidate for IU, this meeting highlighted the exemplary nature resulting from the current situation in Arcelor in the light of policies from the European Union have been promoted in recent years. It must be remembered as Meyer said that Arcelor is the result of the privatization of Ensidesa and the resignation of the central and regional governments to keep at least one shareholder presence after the privatization process.
"This shows graphically that while neo-liberal theorists advocated the demise of the state in the economy and the inability to maintain participation and planning instruments, from the public was opening the field to make planning the big business groups, Meyer said at the meeting in Gijón.
So today it usually happens Mittal who plans to present and future of a strategic sector for any economy such as steel. Meyer defendiende the need to correct the policies and raise the need to reconsider the presence of government in strategic sectors such as steel. Moreover, the General Coordinator of IU of Asturias, insisted again that the Government of Asturias and Rodriguez Zapatero, who is responsible to approve the ERE-have to intervene politically to Mr. Mittal, largest shareholder and owner 43% of social capital, for the ERE has the least impact in Asturias, to guarantee the labor rights of workers, there is assurance that the blast furnace now stands, will start recovering and production capacity will to address the relevant investment.
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