Cristina Alonso Madrid

Madrid

Updated Wednesday, February 14, 2024-14:29

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is going to carry out an Employment Regulation File (ERE) in Spain that will affect 85 workers

at the Madrid and Barcelona workplaces, according to what the Coca manufacturing and distribution company announced yesterday. -Related to the European Works Council and the Madrid and Barcelona committees.

The company explains to EL MUNDO that the cause of the file is "organizational" and that the objective is

to centralize the

costumer service

in the shared services center located in Bulgaria

. This is a common process in multinational companies and, in the case of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Spain is one of the last countries to transfer these services to the shared center, justify the sources consulted.

The Independent Trade Union Center of Civil Servants (CSIF), which is the majority union of public employees but has a growing presence in the private sector, has announced the communication received yesterday, as well as the company's intention to restructure, in parallel, the areas of

people culture

and commercial operations.

CSIF, which has indicated that the number of affected workers will initially be around 100 people, has indicated that a meeting is planned in the coming days to offer more detailed information about the operation. Union sources tell this newspaper that

the bulk of the departures will occur in Barcelona

, ​​with around 80% of the total affected.

The company, for its part, assures that the collective dismissal will affect 85 people and that, in any case, it will try to "minimize the impact." The company emphasizes the importance of carrying out this process with a "frank" dialogue, in which "all options" are explored, promoting voluntary departures and early retirements.

The company has communicated its intention to begin this collective dismissal process, publishing an official communication "briefly", from which a period of 7 days will be opened for the constitution of the negotiating table, as established by the latest reform

. labor approved by the coalition government.

The union is against

traumatic dismissals

and is committed to voluntary departures, promoting early retirements, and affirms that they will contribute to the negotiation with constructive proposals that reduce the social impact and that they will be "vigilant" to comply with the alleged causes and labor regulations.

It must be remembered that the last ERE carried out by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in Spain occurred in 2021 and the adjustment affected 360 workers, although it ultimately resulted in only 6 layoffs, while the rest were voluntary departures and early retirements.