CaixaBank
has held its first shareholders' meeting in Valencia after the merger with
Bankia
with the reduction of its workforce in the spotlight. The entity, which obtained a profit of 1,381 million and will distribute 2.68 euro cents in dividends per share, has raised an
ERE that affects 7,791 workers
and that its president, José Ignacio
Goirigolzarri
is "convinced" that they will agree with the unions , to which he asked "to shorten the time."
During his speech to the general meeting of shareholders, Goirigolzarri justified that the merger has caused the need to carry out "a resizing of our workforce in the short term to preserve the maximum number of jobs in a sustainable way in the future." "At this time, we are in a process of dialogue with the representatives of the workers, a process in which we have
the clear objective of reaching agreements
, and I am convinced that we are going to reach them. I am aware that these are delicate moments and that this This situation generates uncertainty for the people of our team, so we must limit the time, "said the president.
The CEO,
Gonzalo Gortázar
,
also spoke in this line
, reiterating the bank's commitment to
"
Actively seek a reasonable agreement
" to eliminate "staff overlaps, helping to relocate people, training them," he added.
CaixaBank's management raised its willingness to reach an agreement with shareholders and the need for speed in the week in which the trading period, which ends on June 10, began to run.
"We will manage the entire process from the conviction that thanks to our team we are where we are today, configuring this extraordinary platform that is CaixaBank. Furthermore, we must all be aware that the strength of the CaixaBank team is what allows us to face the future with realism, but also with confidence ", remarked Goirigolzarri.
Unions protests before the CaixabankEFE shareholders' meeting
Union protests
Around
400 bank employees
have gathered in front of the Valencia Conference Center to protest the ERE before shareholders. Their protests focused on the figures of the CEO, Gonzalo Gortázar, and the president, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, who submits a significant increase in his salary to the approval of the board. "They maintain the ERE for almost 8,000 people and the salary is going to triple," said the Secretary of Organization of UGT-CaixaBank,
Raquel Ruiz
. "We are entitled to ask for what is ours and for society to have the banking service it deserves," he warned.
Ruiz has pointed out that there has been no progress in the ERE negotiation and "at the rate we are going, either they remove the
traumatic exits
or no union will sign anything," and he recalled that the unions are united in these demands.
For next day 20 they have planned concentrations in the headquarters of the Diagonal avenue of Barcelona and the street Pintor Sorolla of Valencia.
Representatives of UGT, CCOO and other unions with representation in CaixaBank and Bankia participate in this Friday's protest.
The UGT union recalled that all unions reaffirm their rejection of
forced dismissals
, traumatic measures and the reduction of working conditions that the bank's management intends, and made a unanimous request for the company to "come to its senses "because what is on the table is" immeasurable and unacceptable and does not correspond "to the effort of the workforce that has resulted in the billions of profits obtained.
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