Labor adjustments continue in Coahuila, and the San Luis Rassini company announced the suspension of its Resorts division and the layoff of approximately 300 of its workers, while its Harnesses company in Ciudad Acuña laid off 1,200.
San Luis Rassini, with more than 50 years of experience in Piedras Negras and dedicated to the automotive sector, announced that after an evaluation, they decided to focus on other “businesses with greater profitability and growth potential.”
The measure comes in the context of the tariffs announced by the Donald Trump administration.
The company has a workforce of 2,700 workers and has reportedly laid off more than 10 percent of them. It began layoffs weeks ago, and on Monday announced the termination of 273 employees with more than 10 years’ experience producing suspension components for products from companies such as General Motors, Fire, Daimler, Stellantis, Toyota, and Volvo, among others.
The measure adopted by the company, which also has offices in countries such as Germany, Brazil, and Israel, is expected to have a domino effect on the maquiladora industry that supplies it with various products.
In the case of Arnesses y Accesorios de México, at noon on Tuesday, September 23, an estimated 1,200 people had been laid off, and this figure could reach 1,500 by the end of the month.
Also at this company, located in Ciudad Acuña, jobs began to be cut weeks ago, and the maquiladora was operating at less than 50 percent capacity.
Other companies that have carried out mass layoffs in Coahuila include Daimler, which announced the dismissal of 500 workers; and 3,700 at the textile company Wrangler due to the closure of its four plants in Laguna.
Also, the various Trinity plants total around 500, while Maxion Inmagusa and Grupo Fox, in the municipality of Castaños, laid off 100 and 60 people, respectively.
Other companies have also suspended labor relations in small numbers, while others are not making new hires or remain on technical strikes.
The Coahuila Labor Secretariat issued a statement after the measure was announced at San Luis Rassini and, similar to what happened at Daimler and Wrangler, indicated that it would seek ways to relocate staff to other plants.
Source: proceso
