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In Albania, the Kurum company has reached an agreement with the unions for the collective layoff of 250 workers in two of its factories. The cuts became necessary, according to this agreement, due to the crisis in the industrial sector and the global economic situation. But in addition to the different positions on the event, there are also contradictory figures, because the government says that it is about 500 families and about a disturbing social issue, so it is following the situation closely.
The Kurum International company and union representatives say that they have reached an agreement on August 20 on a collective layoff, according to them, for no more than 250 employees of two plants, that of steel and rolling, for an indefinite period. but at least 90 days, while the rest will work no more than 22 days a month.
The Kurum International iron production company in Elbasan says that the global economic situation, the crisis of the industrial sector, as well as the progress of the steel industry in Europe and the world have affected its work for a year, which led to the stoppage of production at the plant. of Çelik on August 1 and that of Petezi on August 15.
These are also the reasons that brought, according to her, the collective layoff of employees in these two factories.
In the agreement signed by the union leaders of the two plants as well as the Federation of Industrial Employees' Unions with the representatives of the company, it is stated that the collective dismissal is due to necessary economic reasons, provided for in the Labor Code and in the Collective Contract.
The trade unionists claim that the company's difficulties have been known for a year and they were aware that this day of collective holidays would come, while they hope very much in the resumption of work as soon as possible after investments and overcoming the difficult situation.
"It's been 7 months since our talks continued and the employees were paid without going to work. 7 months. It's been a long time, that the company was not recovering itself", Taf Koleci, the general secretary of the Federation of Industrial Employees' Unions, says to the Voice of America.
Mr. Koleci, one of the signatories of the collective layoff agreement, told VOA that during the negotiations with society, everything was done to reduce the number of layoffs and their social consequences as much as possible.
"We have gone to talks with the company. There are a total of 680 employees in the Kurum company and only 250 will be cut, after the negotiations we have done with the company signed with a regular deed-agreement, according to the law, the Labor Code and the Collective Agreement", says Mr. Koleci.
Sipas marrëveshjes, kontratat e punës do të zgjidhen me punonjësit e punësuar dy vitet e fundit, me ata që janë në dy vitet e fundit para pensionimit si dhe me punonjësit e pakualifikuar, dhe me rifillimin normal të punës, këta punonjës të larguar do të kenë përparësi për t’u rimarrë në punë.
“Të gjithë punonjësit kanë shkuar në mënyrë vullnetare dhe kanë firmosur, përveç marrëveshjes që është bërë mes sindikatës dhe kompanisë, largimin e tyre për një periudhë shumë të shkurtër”, thotë zoti Koleci.
Pushimi kolektiv nga puna i punonjësve në dy uzina të shoqërisë Kurum International në Elbasan mori vëmendje të veçantë këto ditë, edhe sepse ndodhi në një kohë me njoftimet për eksporte të parregullta të rreth 100 konteinerëve me mbetje të dyshuara të rrezikshme, që vijnë nga hiri i oxhaqeve metalurgjike nga Shqipëria drejt vendeve aziatike.
Por në një njoftim të dy ditëve më parë shoqëria Kurum tha se deri tani nuk ka bërë asnjë largim kolektiv nga puna të punonjësve të saj dhe se ndërprerja e prodhimit të çelikut dhe petëzimit nuk ka asnjë lidhje me njoftimet në media për eksportin e sasive të pretenduara si mbetje të rrezikshme nga një kompani shqiptare dhe as me sulmet mediatike ndaj saj.
Ndërkaq duket se shifrat mbi pushimet janë kontradiktore. Sindikatat flasin për 250 shkurtime, ndërsa qeveria përmendi sot 500 pushime nga puna.
Zëvendëskryeministrja dhe ministre e Energjisë dhe Infrastrukturës, Belinda Balluku, theksoi sot për shtypin se është e rëndësishme të mbahet një qëndrim i qartë për këtë çështje, sepse bëhet fjalë për 500 familje shqiptare, njerëz me kontribute në industrinë metalurgjike, dhe se qeveria po e analizon situatën, që ka ndodhur vetëm para dy ditësh.
“Ne do të vazhdojmë që ta monitorojmë situatën. KURUM-i do të jetë i detyruar që të japë shpjegimet e duhura. Kjo është një çështje sociale, që tejkalon çështjet komerciale, tregtare, që mund të lidhen me marrëveshjet që KURUM-i ka me bashkinë e Elbasanit, apo edhe me ministrinë e Infrastrukturës dhe Energjisë, sa i takon territorit të Metalurgjikut. Ne e kemi në fokus dhe në ditët në vazhdim do të ketë patjetër një komunikim për këtë çështje, pasi është një çështje sociale, që na shqetëson shumë”, tha zonja Balluku.
Inspektoriati i Punës është paraqitur pranë Kurum për të parë nga afër gjendjen e punëtorëve dhe përmbushjen e të drejtave të tyre si dhe kushteve të punës.
Nga ana tjetër eksperti Edison Hoxha, i Qendrës për të Drejtat në Punë, CLR.AL, thotë për Zërin e Amerikës se marrëdhëniet mes punëdhënësve dhe punëmarrësve janë ekskluzive dhe mes tyre nuk mund të hyjë ndonjë palë e tretë, kur ka dakordësim.
"The union and the employees there must be attentive to the internal developments of the company, while the company must be transparent and in negotiations and in constant discussion with the representatives of the union about the situation it is facing in its commercial activity. On the other hand, at the first moment that they will have a situation that can go towards improvement, then it will be these employees, who can potentially leave now, to be re-entered in their previous place of work", says Mr. Hoxha.
He added that if these employees, for whom it is impossible to dismiss them from work even temporarily, can be addressed by the union and the employer in the labor offices, in order to benefit from unemployment payments and benefit from professional retraining, and to be able to reintegrate in other companies with similar activity or in different sectors of the economy.
The company Kurum International is a producer of local and regional importance in the production of iron for construction, as well as an important employer for Elbasan.
It turns out that the Kurum company has secured satisfactory profits for 3 years, according to the records on the businesses of Open Corporates Albania, established the Albanian Institute of Sciences.
In 2022, Kurum was the third in the ranking of profitable companies, while the integrated data of Open Corporates Albania shows a company with good flows in annual turnover, assets and has been profitable for years. VOA
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