Workers at the plant located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Parque Chas reported the dismissal of 140 employees in the last two months and a growing precariousness in payment conditions. According to what Argentina News Agency learned, the demonstration in front of the establishment exposed that the company began to pay salaries, bonuses, and even vacations in installments, citing a lack of funds despite maintaining the operational capacity of production lines 24 hours a day. According to testimonies gathered at the factory gate, the company is offering voluntary retirements as a mechanism to continue reducing a workforce that currently stands at around 500 operators, while bonuses and year-end remunerations are owed. "There's no money," but there are imports The workers' complaint, whose salaries are around $700,000 for nine-hour shifts, points not only to the regularization of wages but also to the defense of the national industry. "The boss says there's no money, but we keep working. Bills don't wait, and in March we have to face school expenses," the protesters stated. Voluntary retirements and adjustment The conflict at Cocot is part of a context of falling consumption and adjustment in the industrial sector. Buenos Aires, January 25 (NA) -- The textile sector added a new focus of conflict this weekend with a union protest at the factory of the historic lingerie brands Cocot and Dufour. During the protest, which had tense moments due to police presence to prevent street closures, employees denounced a maneuver to replace local production with imported supplies from China.
