Banners, whistles, challenges to fairness. While we are here, we will fight, sounded in Martin – SME

17. June 2025 at 16:49

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Martin. After a series of protests for three thousand euros beyond the framework of the collective agreement, they today proceeded to a warning strike. Martin’s shoemakers from Ecco interrupted production and came out of the plant to the yard with banners and loud whistle an hour before the end of the morning change. They were replaced by colleagues from the afternoon change.

« We demand fairness, humanity and consideration. We have worked for them for thirty years, we helped them in difficult times, now we ask them to help us, » one of the striking shoemakers comes to the gate. The plant management did not allow the media to enter the area, the strike was shot from behind the fence.

They are planning a strike in Denmark

The strike was called by the trade union, his boss Pavol Hustava estimated at the beginning of about 80 % participation. Gradually, Monika Uhlerová, chairwoman of the Confederation of Trade Unions, stood in front of the employees.

« Three thousand euros for each employee beyond the collective agreement is satisfaction. It is for 650 people as much as the General Directors of Corporations as a golden parachute when they leave companies during the dismissal, » said Pavol Hustava, who admitted that this is not the last time they have spent.

« I promised the employee that we are here, so we are fighting. We are also planning a strike in Denmark before the guidance of the concern, » he said.

With her husband they preferred to leave earlier

The parent company in Denmark decided on the completion of production in mid -April, with about 650 employees lose their jobs. Most of them are already running the notice period. Some decided to leave earlier.

« We left the agreement with my husband, we also got agreed severance pay. We found both of them, did not want to wait more. Because when it leaves the race through the race over six hundred people, the opportunity to work, » said Petronela, who went to the engineering company. « We got the same basic wage as here, » she told us at the gate when she came to support her former colleagues during her free time.