Tensions at Mechel Câmpia Turzii continue. The employees of the plant will take to the streets next Friday (September 14th), unhappy that Russian investors are generating a new round of layoffs, said Mircea Scântei, the president of the Metarom Union.
He said: "More unionists of Metarom who work in the metallurgic industry, for various companies, may join the protest.
Most likely, in Câmpia Turzii all the employees will take to the street, to fight for their jobs, as well as those who have already been laid off.
In Mechel Câmpia Turzii an explosive situation appeared two weeks ago, when a minute from Moscow, held by the managing director of the company, indicated only 238 employees should remain in Câmpia Turzii and the company should become a branch of Ductil Steel Buzău".
The representatives of Mechel told the prefect of the county of Cluj, Ioan Vuşcan, that they may lay off another 800 employees, due to the company lacking orders, after it decided to lay off another 799 employees in June. Since June, about 600 employees of Mechel Câmpia Turzii were left without a job, meaning that there are only about 1050 employees left.
Apparently the Russians of Mechel want to withdraw from Romania after they were accepted by the World Trade Organization, Mircea Scântei explained, and he went on to say: "it means that from now on, Russians will be exporting metallurgic products to Europe directly, paying little or no customs taxes as at all.
So far, if they wanted to export from Russia directly, they had to pay very large customs fees. Their presence in Europe helped them to export their products without any commercial barrier".
The Russians tried to "repair the damage", after the prefect of the county of Cluj, Ioan Vuşcan, announced that Mechel may operate layoffs in Câmpia Turzii.
Mircea Scântei explained: "The representativ
