The strike will take place from 14:00 to 16:00 and will be concentrated at the entrance to the Efacec headquarters in Arroteia, San Mamed de Infesta, Matosinhos.
On October 28, workers at a plenary meeting decided to go on strike after the forced shutdown of several sectors of the company operating in the energy, mechanical engineering and transport sectors due to lack of funds to purchase raw materials.
A few days earlier, on October 22, Site-Norte had already demanded government intervention as the “owner of Efacec” to ensure that the company had the raw materials it needed to resume normal operations.
“The state, as the owner of the company, must take control of the company transparently and buy raw materials in order to make Efacec work and fulfill the orders that are in its portfolio,” said Miguel Moreira, director of Site-Norte, in defense of Lusa. agency, November 4.
According to the union leader, “the lack of money to pay suppliers and purchase raw materials is a recurring situation in Efacec that has been dragging on for a long time, but has worsened in recent months,” which has brought various sectors of the company to a standstill.
“This is what we find very strange, because we do not want the government to invest money there, and we do not want to know where it is going. This is a state-owned company, and we advocate that Efacec should continue to work in the public sphere, and the government should allocate a budget for the purchase of raw materials, but control this amount and monitor where the money goes, ”said Miguel Moreira.
Stressing that unions and workers are “very worried and apprehensive,” the Site-Norte leader stressed that “Efacec will not go there” and admits: “It may be the government’s intention – as with other privatizations – to put Efacec in a quandary. a difficult, fragile situation, and then sell it for “one and a half mulberries”.
However, Site-Norte claims that “Efacec is not just some kind of company” and “is needed by the country and, in particular, the North”, since it can “produce products for the national and international market and contribute to the state budget, from the government there is a desire for this to happen. “
“Now it seems to me that we have a government whistling to the side, pretending,” he complained, indicating that “a month ago and the like” the union asked for a meeting of the ministries of economy and labor “, knowing about Parpública”, but “the government I have not yet had time to say when this meeting will take place. “
Miguel Moreira asks “where is the money” for the financing of 70 million euros that the state received from the bank and asks for answers “from the Minister of Economy and the Prime Minister”.
Regarding any doubts about the company’s ability – whose financial results will deteriorate dramatically in July and August – to secure wage payments in the coming months, the union leader is adamant: “We will not even admit that this issue has been raised.”
The government intends that the re-privatization process of 71.73% of the share capital of Efacec, which is currently in the hands of the state, will be completed by the end of the year, with a Resolution of the Council of Ministers approving the third stage of the re-privatization process, allowing participation from two groups that have submitted mandatory proposals – DST SGPS and Sing – Global Investments – was published on September 8th in Diário da República.
Parpublica told the Público newspaper that the third round of negotiations “began on 28 September with several meetings with investors interested in purchasing the aforementioned block of shares, and the final offers should be received within about three weeks.”
The approval by the Council of Ministers of the decree nationalizing 71.73% of Efacec’s share capital is the result of the departure from the capital of Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, following her involvement in the Luanda Leaks case, “in which the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism discovered more than 715,000 files with a detailed description of the proposed financial schemes of the business woman.
