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Flight cancellations, closing schools and kindergartens, reducing production in factories ... the effects of the coronavirus are already a reality in the economy and a part of them are also moving to the labor market, where some companies and organizations have begun to announce layoffs and you are temporary to face the situation.

Meliá Hotels

Tourism is one of the most affected sectors. Meliá Hotels is one of the first in the spotlight. According to the UGT union, the company plans to fire 200 people, although according to the general secretary of the Federation of UGT Services in the Balearic Islands, Antonio Copete, "we are sure it will go further."

This was confirmed by Copete minutes before the meeting of the Govern in Consolat de Mar on the coronavirus with social and business entities began. The union representative has also confirmed that the UGT "are ready to negotiate exits" in the current situation.

Air Europe

Another company in the sector that has also announced that it will do without part of its workforce is Air Europa . The airline announced last Tuesday that it is going to start a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) as a result of the effects on its operation that the Covid-19 crisis has caused.

However, the company has not specified how many workers the measure will affect, which has been decided after moving on to the third phase of a total of four phases of crisis response in the scenario drawn by the company.

Madrid Department of Education

The closure of schools in the Community of Madrid implies the suspension of classroom teaching, although many teachers may continue to teach online. The alternative does not cover contracts related to canteen services, nursery schools, transportation, sign language advisers, and translators and interpreters, who will go to the streets while the centers are closed.

The Ministry of Education and Youth of Madrid issued an order on Tuesday according to which "the suspension of the execution of certain administrative contracts is declared" during the period from March 11 to 25, 2020, both days included, "without prejudice of the extensions that are agreed in succession ".

The Community of Madrid will also dispense with teachers and other professionals who teach regional government training programs.

Educators of nursery schools in the Community and Madrid City Council have started a petition on the platform 'Change.org' to ask for "another type of solution" that does not go through "dismissal" before the cessation of teaching activity.

"We have not been given an option to continue in our job," the educators of children from zero to three years old indicate in the text, where they argue that they also program and organize their classes. The initiative has accumulated so far some 8,000 signatures.

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