Nestlé announces a collective dismissal procedure that will affect 301 workers, which includes the Esplugues headquarters and the Girona and Reus factories

BarcelonaNestlé has announced that it will make up to 301 dismissals throughout the State, which include both workers from its headquarters in Esplugues de Llobregat and its coffee factories in Girona and Reus. The Swiss multinational justifies the employment regulation file (ERE) due to "the increase in operating expenses and the change in consumer habits", which entail moving towards "automation and digitalization". Nestlé Spain has gathered all its works councils this midday to communicate the decision.

"After conducting an exhaustive analysis of operational structures and implementing various previous cost containment measures, the company has determined that the adjustment will affect a maximum of 301 positions in offices, sales teams, distribution centers, and six of its production centers in the country," the company said in a statement. The exact number of workers from each center who will be affected by the ERE is expected to be made public in early May.

In mid-October last year, the multinational chaired by the Spaniard Pablo Isla –former president of the fashion giant Inditex– Swiss already announced that in the next two years it would carry out a workforce reduction worldwide that would affect 16,000 workers chaired by Spaniard Pablo Isla –former president of the fashion giant Inditex– Swiss already announced that in the next two years it would carry out a workforce reduction worldwide that would affect 16,000 workers (almost 6% of the global workforce). Now the company has specified that, throughout the State, this restructuring will translate into a maximum of 301 dismissals. Currently, the company has a workforce of 4,158 people throughout the Spanish territory. In addition to the workers at the headquarters in Esplugues, as well as the coffee factories that Nestlé has in Girona and Reus, the ERE will extend to the factories in Pontecesures (Pontevedra), Sebares (Asturias), La Penilla (Cantabria), and Miajadas (Cáceres).

"A profitable organization"

CCOO, which holds the majority union in the group, has rejected the job cuts. The union has announced that it has launched "all the union machinery to defend jobs" and has denounced that, among the countries that already know the impact of the measure, the Spanish subsidiary is the one that "suffers the most". "It is paradoxical and offensive to the workforce that cuts are being considered after the latest economic results," they point out. Furthermore, they also recall that "Nestlé Spain reached a historic record in turnover of 2,894 million euros in 2025". Thus, CCOO insists that the company's "financial outlook" is "positive" and "solid".

For its part, the UGT union, the majority in the works council of the Girona coffee factory, has also announced that it opposes the dismissal process. "We consider that this massive job cut is unjustified, disproportionate, and socially unacceptable," the union emphasizes in a statement, adding: "Especially, in the context of a company that maintains a leading global position in the food sector and continues to generate multimillion-dollar profits".

"We are not facing a company in crisis, but a highly profitable organization that has opted to transfer the cost of its strategy to its workforce," assures the UGT union section at Nestlé Girona. In the statement, the union emphasizes that the company is "prioritizing short-term financial profitability over the job and family stability of thousands of workers." Therefore, it demands that the management of Nestlé Spain "immediately" withdraw the collective dismissal plan and develop an alternative one "based on internal reorganization without job destruction." "We consider it unacceptable that a company with this economic capacity intends to adjust its strategy at the expense of thousands of jobs," concludes the union section.