Sargadelos owner blocks workers' access to Cervo plant early in the morning

Trade union representatives from A Mariña have come to guide them on the steps to follow, since the factory, with 200 workers, lacks a company committee The owner of Sargadelos reacts to a labour inspection announcing the closure of its ceramic plant in Cervo The workers of Sargadelos have practically all gone to their jobs at the Cervo plant (Lugo), but have found the doors of the production plant closed. Therefore, they have signed with their …

The Sargadelos factory is one of the most emblematic in the history of Spanish ceramics. Its origin dates back to the late eighteenth century when the Marquis of Sargadelos, Antonio Raimundo Ibáñez, founded in 1791 an industrial complex in the municipality of Cervo (Lugo) for the production of high quality earthenware and iron with the first private blast furnace.

The conflict between the owner of the emblematic ceramic firm Sargadelos, Segismundo García, and the Labour Inspectorate, motivated by deficiencies that have led to health problems in workers of the plant, is in the process of solution after entering to mediate the Xunta, through the Conselleiro de Emprego, the also entrepreneur José González. Last week, García sent a letter to the Labour Inspectorate to respond to his requirements in relation t…

The Xunta asks Work 'maximum flexibility within legality' with the company and asks the owner to proceed to the 'immediate reopening'

The owner will negotiate with the Xunta and Labour Inspectorate

In the absence of a company committee, trade union representatives from A Mariña came to guide them on the steps to be taken.