The reciprocal guarantee company, Avalmadrid, has hired private detectives to monitor CCOO union delegates. Specifically, he has followed in the footsteps of two men who are his employees, who have been at the financial firm for 13 and 17 years.
Specifically, one of them has been fired by management through "a disciplinary dismissal, which is currently being sued and in the process of trial for 2024," the union section points out.
In the dismissal of this union spokesperson it appears that the detectives investigated him for 4 days and among the reasons for the dismissal they argue "disloyalty to the company and manipulation of signings."
According to CCOO, "the reason for the investigation is clearly belonging to the union." To which the same sources add, "Avalmadrid, a politicized company, does not like us to be around." The works council, which was established in 2017, is made up of two representatives from CCOO and three from Csit, which has won the two elections by a small difference, and represents more of the company's shareholders.
CCOO's second union spokesperson - both prefer to remain anonymous - believes the union that there is a 90% probability that the same detectives have also followed in their footsteps. CCOO explains that these two workers have been followed "around their homes, in shopping centers and around work."
In his expulsion letter, the dismissed employee was notified that the detectives saw him leave his door 20 minutes after having clocked in from home and that at 2 p.m. he was with his daughters, when is the established lunch period, and It later followed with a union meeting. The detective followed him until 3 p.m., but he returned to his union duties at 4 p.m.
Among the owners of Avalmadrid are large banks, such as Caixabank and Santander, and the Community of Madrid itself. The Official Chamber of Madrid, the insurer Grupama and the Business Confederation of Madrid also appear as protective partners.
The general director Lorenzo Alonso joined the company a year ago from Caixabank. Aval Madrid, located at Calle de los Toreros, number 3, in a Metlife building, is dedicated to providing financing to SMEs, self-employed workers and startups. In the first half of this year, the entity reached 876,000 euros in profit and expects to reach around 1.5 million by the end of 2023. In that first half of the year it contributed to maintaining 111,193 jobs and creating 206 companies.
