Tecsis resigns 400 Unit on and off

The Ecsi, leading manufacturer of blades for wind generation plants in the country, fired 400 workers and disabled one of six units of production in the region of Sorocaba, State of São Paulo. According to the Union of Chemists of Sorocaba and region, the change of journey on the main unit of the company reduced the number of employees in all production lines. The plant operated 24 hours from Monday to Sunday and went on to work 19 hours a day from Monday to Saturday. The company informed that the measure was taken to adjust the structure of production contracts.
According to the Union President, Carlos Alberto dos Santos, the number of dispensed can be even higher. The Ecsi, he says, has been gradually reducing the number of workers from 2014, when he was employed at 7800 its staff in the region, including a unit in Itu. "The year ended with the Tecsis employing 6500 workers, but the layoffs continued in 2015 and the year closed with 5900 employees," said Santos. According to the report, this year, the layoffs have not stopped. In June and July were dismissed 350 employees, with most of the administrative area, including directors. Between August and September, according to the Union, were dismissed over 400 employees, which reduces the current frame to about 5000 workers. "In the face of all this, the Union got in touch with the company and this reported that layoffs have occurred due to the reduction of applications generating fall in production and, consequently, idleness of workers," says the note. The Union reported to have started negotiations with the Tecsis to avoid further layoffs this year. According to Santos, Word is that the company is reducing its activities in plants of Sorocaba and Itu to focus production at the factory of Camaçari, Bahia. The company invested R$ 200,000,000 in unit with a blade 2000 per year, produce aimed at supplying mainly the Northeast market. Until then, the blades were transported to Sorocaba produced this region, in a complicated logistical operation. Paulista production would be for wind farms in the South of the country. Without numbers. Asked about these changes, the company did not comment. About layoffs, the Tecsis reported in note that layoffs are due to change in working hours at the company''s main unit in Sorocaba, but has neither confirmed nor denied the figures presented by the Union. "The change was implemented to adjust the structure of production in existing contracts. This change resulted in reducing the number of employees and employee relocation in other industrial plants, "according to the note.