Protesters concerned about Walmart dismissal of 3,000 employees
Concerned about the future of their working positions in areas such as merchandisers and demonstrators of the Walmart chain, including Palí and MAXI Palí, some 1,200 people will gather in front of the facilities located in San Sebastian, San Jose tomorrow. They want to leverage for the respect of their rights by the company and to prevent Walmart from letting go about 3,000 employees.
Ricardo Navarro, one of the coordinators of the movement, told La Prensa Libre that while the firm announced that apparently 1,500 new Costa Rica jobs will open up, Walmart plans to reduce the payroll.
It is important to remember that the chain closed 269 stores and canceled the services for 16 thousand employees in the US and Latin America since the beginning of the year.
There are about 3,000 people who will be let go and increase the already existing unemployment in the country. They set to compete for positions against nearly 50 people, with wages that really are not sufficient. We want you to understand that we are the customer service and the people who aid you when you’re occupied, arrange the points of sale, create inventories, among others,” he said.
They want to put the external assistants, or marketers, out of Pali and Maxi Palí by this policy, if it happens that there are more than 3,000 persons without employment and the people believe that come to generate a good to Costa Rica ” he said […]
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