The president of the Mondragón Corporation recalled that Christmas is “very important” for the Eroski group, and thanks to the good response and the will of workers in other areas, they have adapted.
In a interview held this Wednesday in the “Faktoria” program in Euskadi Irratia, the president of the Mondragón Corporation, Iñigo Ucin, has highlighted the great impact that the omicron variant is having on his corporation. “Abstentism is not a joke“, has said.
Thus, he has put on the table the example of this Christmas of the Eroski group: these are “very important” weeks for the supermarket, but they have had “problems” to form stores and, “thanks to the good response and the will of the workers of other areas have adapted, “he added.
Given the problems of supplies and production costs, Ucín hopes that sooner or later things will return to normal. “I do not know if the beginning of 2022 will be good, but it will not be easy,” he added. At this time, however, there are “problems“to respond to social demand and” many factors “that will condition it:” Economic, geopolitical, gas prices and shortage of microchips. “
Ucín does not know when all these issues will be solved, but he is sure they will be solved “because this situation cannot be borne for a long time”.
In this sense, it has warned Europe. He says that we are “very dependent” on Asia and that many of the missing raw materials cannot be produced by the Basque Country. For this reason, he has insisted that “Europe has to act differently, and to guarantee the future of the economy and the companies here, he has to guarantee what they need for production. “
Together to the microchips, the other current problem is the huge rise in electricity price. The president of the Mondragón Corporation has acknowledged that it has had a “disastrous impact” on various sectors of the corporation and has given figures: “Making one euro more expensive means an increase of 1.3 million euros in the general accounts in annual costs.”
Looking to the future, Ucín considers that European funds They could be “important” aid for SMEs, but for now, things are “bad”.
Finally, you have assessed the labour reform that have been agreed by the Spanish Government, the majority unions and the employers, and has considered “very positive” that the social agents agree on something as important as this. He has acknowledged that, however, he does not know the details and does not directly affect the cooperative, but has considered that the request of the Basque parties to prioritize the regional agreements “is well requested.”
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