Puebla, Pue. The company Seglo Logistics will lose 600 jobs in Puebla by the end of 2024, after failing to win the Volkswagen tender for logistics services at the assembly plant located in the municipality of Cuautlancingo.
In an interview, the general secretary of the union of that supplier, Aaron Espinosa López, explained that they have until December 15 to hand over the service operations to the winning company.
He said there are three options for the workers: they can move to the new Volkswagen supplier, but without the conditions that their seniority will be respected; they can request severance pay or they can go to Mexicali, Hermosillo or San Luis Potosí, where they work for other companies.
Aaron Espinosa López said that the union has 1,200 members; that is, it would lose the 50% that are in Puebla, where some have been members for 10 to 15 years.
“The company – Seglo Logistics – has to lay off the workers and keep the remaining positions, because it is not the fault of the people that a tender is lost,” he said.
Aaron Espinosa López said that Sesé is willing to hire Seglo workers, but it will depend on each one.
He added that the Volkswagen contract was lost because the other supplier offered lower costs for logistics operations within the German automaker.
He said that Seglo’s staff is trained and that any supplier would be interested in hiring them; however, the working conditions will not be the same, “because in the supplier sector we had the best salaries and benefits.”
It is difficult for them to switch to another supplier
He admitted that it is difficult for some of the union members in Puebla to want to move to other states where they provide logistics services so as not to lose their seniority.
Espinosa López said that those who will be laid off, starting on December 15, must unite to demand that they receive their severance pay in accordance with the law.
He did not know what working conditions the company Sesé offers, since it has its own union.
Despite the stance of the Seglo Logistics union, some workers told this newspaper that pressure has begun on union members to resign, by forcing them to stay on for a second shift or asking them to sign their severance pay with the promise that they will be hired by the other company, even respecting their years of service.
In the case of those who have been with Seglo for two years on average, they would agree to move to the other supplier that will work with Volkswagen of Mexico.
