The Rio de Janeiro shipbuilding industry and the splendorous retreat that began in 2014 and today has only 3 workers
The case of the Rio de Janeiro naval industry draws attention to the Brazilian industrial retreat and its consequences. At the end of 2014, the sector employed 30 workers in the state. There are currently around 3.
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The 27 jobs lost were gone with shipyards closed or almost stopped, according to Sergio Bacci, vice-president of Sinaval, an entity that represents the shipbuilding industry. The units in operation are without works, dedicated to the parking of vessels or take care of small repairs and maintenance.
At the end of 2015, Estaleiro Ilha SA (Eisa) laid off 3 employees, closed and filed for bankruptcy. According to Rogério de Carvalho da Silva Sobrinho, now 39 years old, he had been working at the Eisa shipyard since 2008. He was fired along with most of his colleagues in December of that year. On a Friday, already in the morning, the “radio peão” announced the cut of personnel. The following Monday, alarmed, “the day's employees stopped working and went to check in with their bosses”, Carvalho said. The “satisfaction” was provided with the confirmation of the dismissals.
In 2014, Eisa started having financial problems. There were salary delays, but a loan of US$ 120 million, in August of that year, guaranteed some survival. Back and forth, the agony continued through 2015, when the economy was already sinking into recession. That was when the shipyard entered the statistics of closed industries in Brazil.
In crises such as the one that affects Brazilian industry, there are many versions for closing factories. There are companies that, unable to keep one or all of their plants almost at a standstill, choose to close them for good. There are cases of permanent bankruptcy, with productive capacity and jobs destroyed. There is also talk of strategy reviews.
Source: Estadão
