The two Senegalese who helped Samuel Luiz “for taking holidays” are fired, in line with a union


The CIG denounces that the corporate that employed them after the occasion has fired them for claiming their proper The firm denies that that is the explanation and defends that it fired them for causes of productiveness The union assures that the corporate imposed ten-hour days on the employees

‘Puertas Betanzos’, the corporate from Oza Cesuras (A Coruña) that had employed them at the moment, alleges financial and productiveness causes for the dismissal. However, from the CIG union, they denounce that they determined to do with out them “for taking holidays.”

The CIG ensures that the 2 Senegalese acquired the dismissal letter this Christmas, after the proprietor of ‘Puertas Betanzos’ came upon that each had reserved aircraft tickets to go to their households in Senegal coinciding with the vacations.

The firm would have tried to persuade them, says the CIG, to surrender these days. But the employees refused. “In retaliation, that very same day, they had been fired with a letter for financial causes, being instantly changed of their positions by new employees, and never even paying them compensation or wage settlement,” the CIG highlights.

The two Senegalese had been working on the manufacturing facility since September 2021, two months after the homicide of Samuel Luiz. The story of braveness and humanity of the 2 younger Africans that night time had moved society. So a lot in order that they had been named adoptive youngsters of A Coruña and obtained residence and work permits.

So this businessman determined to reward their braveness by providing them work. “Nothing made them suspect that an abusive contract was hidden behind that obvious gesture of kindness from the employer, with premature days of as much as 10 and 11 hours a day, for the bottom wage within the settlement,” says the CIG.

The firm says it wanted “extra certified” workers

Following this criticism by the CIG, a spokesperson for the corporate ‘Puertas Betanzos’ has denied that the dismissal of the 2 Senegalese was “for taking holidays”, because the union alleges.

The firm has assured Europa Press that they determined to do with out them because of the have to have “extra certified” staff. As said, the 2 Senegalese weren’t “versatile” in relation to using totally different firm machines.

“They had been warned, it was not a last-minute case,” mentioned this spokesman, rejecting that there was no prior discover. He has additionally burdened that they had been paid “what corresponded to them.”

On the accusations that they took benefit of the recognition of the 2 Senegalese to achieve notoriety, the corporate argues that it acted in “good religion” with their hiring and that “they tried to assist them get one other job.”