After 50 years, Wholesale terminating Union activities in Uberlândia

The Union, which began its activities for 50 years, in Uberlândia (MG), closed its doors and fired about 100 employees of the shopping area. The end of the company''s stock was initiated on Wednesday (15/6), when employees were released earlier, after receiving the closing Communique.
On Thursday (16/6), the dismissed were the company''s headquarters, in the Industrial District, North zone, to check on work and initiate referrals for exams layoffs. The wholesaler''s, from 2013, in the process of reorganization to avoid being declared bankrupt.
The report in the Mail of Uberlândia contacted entrepreneurs own the wholesaler, the brothers Geraldo Caixeta and Andrea Caixeta, but they don''t answer the calls. The lawyer Paulo Calheiros, who drove the process of reorganization and had his contract terminated, said the company had already managed to fulfill two recovery steps consist in the payment of staff and some of the suppliers.
The company, the information passed to the report by the Administration is that professionals were terminated the activities of buying and selling of the unit headquarters in Uberlândia and logistics in some of the 15 branches.
One of the employees of the commercial area of the company, who asked not to be identified, said that everyone already knew the attempted recovery of the company. "We were notified yesterday that the company ended its activities. Was already and we kinda knew this scenario, but I didn''t expect, "said the worker who was with the company for six years. Some sales teams would have received a text message on her cell phone, talking about the qualities of the team and wishing luck.
History
Founded in 1966, under the name of Union Warehouse, the company changed in 1990, when it was renamed Union Attacked and expanded its activities to other States. The company has consolidated its position as one of the largest in the market, reaching 15 branches in different States.
Until 2012, more than 400 employees were active. In the balance sheet of 2011, the company has recorded losses of 20.8 million R$, according to the document for reorganization. The following year, the wholesaler, started the process of reorganization approved in 2013, and that was being completed, according to the lawyers of the firm.
In 2015, with start of discussions about the end of the special taxation regime applied in Minas Gerais, the wholesaler was one of the first to claim that let the activities in the State due to the expectation of increased costs.