Agama workers worried about their future: "We're afraid it will close."

In 2026 Agama will stop purchasing milk from dairy farms in Mallorca. This fact worries not only the island's farmers but also the factory workers, who don't know what will happen to their future. "We are afraid the company will close," Jesús Ávila, the legal representative of the Agama workers, told ARA Baleares. The reduction in milk purchases from local dairy farms could also lead to a decrease in the production of products at the factory, "which is experiencing its darkest moment," according to a statement issued by the company's Legal Representation of Workers (RLT).

Added to this is the fact that Agama has not produced its flagship product: Laccao, for years. "In 2021, they took it to Catalonia with the promise of returning it once the plant renovation was completed," he explained. Furthermore, in 2024, the sale of Laccao to Idilia-Cacaolat was made official, something that the union representatives associate with the "disappearance of the company's traditional products." "From then on, the bottling plant has been practically adrift, leading to complaint after complaint about the poor condition of the milk. This has weakened customer trust and also revealed an intolerable neglect. It is incomprehensible that, after a costly renovation of the plant, more old incidents have been recorded, along with machinery from half a century ago," he denounced.

The RLT added that to carry out certain actions, "public money intended for job creation and the sustainability of industry and agriculture has been injected." In this regard, it criticized the fact that this money "should be used to create jobs and sustain industry and agriculture, not to finance a planned dismantling." The workers' representatives point to the Damn Group—which acquired the Agama milk brand in 2017—as the main party responsible for this problem. "Damn has built a barge with public money that is destined to sink while leaving workers in the dark," they denounced.

Furthermore, Ávila points out that the workers learned that Agama will stop buying milk in Mallorca through the press and complaints from farmers. "The company neither informed the RLT nor allowed a real participation process," he denounced. For all these reasons, the RLT has demanded the "immediate" creation of a meeting between the Government, the company, and worker representatives to negotiate "firm labor guarantees, real protection for local milk purchases with fair prices for farmers, and also the restoration of the company's traditional products," among other things.