Damm will relocate five workers from the Agama factory in Palma
The remaining nine workers have not accepted the offer and will receive severance pay.
PalmThe Damm group has reached an agreement with the workers of Agama after weeks of negotiations. Due to the factory closure in PalmaThe company will relocate five of the 14 workers, and the remaining nine will receive severance pay higher than initially agreed upon. However, according to Jesús Ávila, spokesperson for the Agama workers, the five who will remain will retain their current salaries and other employment benefits, such as seniority. Sources within the company told ARA Baleares that a social support plan has been designed, which includes the possibility of redeployment for 100% of the workforce to other companies within the group, most of them in Mallorca. Furthermore, Damm stated that they are committed to offering "an individualized solution to all those affected." As for the workers who do not accept the redeployment plan and decide to leave the company voluntarily, the agreement reached with Damm includes improved severance packages.
For their part, the workers have a different version of the information provided by Damm regarding the workforce reduction plan. Ávila explains that of the 16 positions offered to the 14 workers, only 11 are in Mallorca, "which forces three of the workers to either leave the island or renounce the agreement." He also detailed that the working hours, job conditions, and location are not what they expected. "Damm was more interested in us leaving than in relocating us; this is clear from what they offered us to stay and what they pay us if we leave," denounced the Agama workers' spokesperson.
Currently, five of the workers have already informed the company that they intend to be relocated to one of the positions Damm has offered them in Mallorca, while the other nine intend to leave the company voluntarily with the agreed-upon severance package.
Thus, Damm takes another step towards finalizing the closure of the Agama factory in Palma. However, it should be remembered that the Balearic Islands Government is still preparing the file to claim the subsidy from Damm.1.1 million euros which it received in 2024 to expand the range of manufactured products and expand business areas.
In this case, everything points to the brewery having to return the amount of the grantSince the conditions established in the terms and conditions have not been met—which require maintaining operations for five years after receiving the public aid—Damm has already expressed its willingness to comply with the government's requirements and return the requested amount. Once this part of the process is finalized, the closure of the Agama brewery in Palma will be official.