Thursday, October 26, 2006

Gran Plaza staff fight to save their jobs

Business owners and staff at the Gran Plaza commercial centre in Roquetas de Mar are hoping to collect up to 50,000 signatures for a petition which they plan to present to the Junta de Andalucía to support their plea that the centre be allowed to remain open.

The Andaluz Supreme Court recently confirmed an administrative court ruling revoking the opening licence which was granted to Gran Plaza by the Partido Popular Mayor of the town, Gabriel Amat. The sentence described the mayoral decree which approved it as ‘an outright rejection of the Junta’s wishes.’ The ruling followed an administrative appeal against the licence presented by the Junta and the Poniente business association Copo.

More than 450 of the people who would be affected by its closure met on Tuesday night to set up the ‘ Pro Gran Plaza Platform.’

They say they will call on unions and politicians from all parties to work with them to try and save the more than 3,000 jobs which would be lost if Gran Plaza is forced to close.

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