Given the decisive votes that both Ulma and Orona have this week, the president of the Permanent Commission of the Corporation assures that both groups have not detailed the reasons for their departure and affirms that, if they leave, “the relationship will be the same that we have with other companies.
Euskaraz irakurri: Mugerza (Mondragon Korporazioa): “Moztu egingo da elkarlana, ez da gauza bera barruan ala kanpoan egotea”
The president of the Standing Committee on Mondragon Corporation, Leire Mugerzahas assured that if Ulma and Orona finally decide to leave the corporation -they will vote on Friday- more than the economic damage, the main consequence for the cooperative group will be “that those who have shared our house will leave. We have done many things together , and now that common work will be broken. It is not the same to be inside or outside“, he warned.
Interviewed on the “Faktoria” program of Euskadi Irratia in this decisive week, Mugerza explained that the Corporation found out “through the press” about Ulma and Orona’s intentions. In her opinion, “there was another way to do it, to do it well, together, despite having fundamental divisions.” In addition, she has regretted that she still does not know the reasons why both groups are considering leaving the corporation. As she has clarified, when in June both proposed to be an “agreed cooperative”, “we did not enter into the contents, but we asked them what were the reasons, they were not given to usIn addition, the proximity of the annual congress meant acting “in a hurry” for which the Mondragon Corporation replied that what they were proposing “was a change of identity, that they were proposing another Mondragón”.
According to the person in charge of the corporation, “together we are more, and it is not a belief, it is a reality. Under the umbrella of Mondragon we are all well”. Mugerza sees the cooperative group as “very strong”, although she has admitted that, with this question, “the damage has been done”. Thus, he has stressed that if Ulma and Orona finally leave the group “it will be his decision, the relationship with them will be the same as we have with other companies“. Questioned about whether Lagun Aro and Mondragon Unibertsitatea will continue to offer their services to these two cooperatives, Mugerza has maintained that their bodies will be the ones to decide; “they are autonomous and sovereign,” she added.
Lastly, Mugerza has ruled out that other cooperatives take the path de Ulma and Orona: “We have become very close, these ways of acting have not been understood. Mondragon Corporation will be what the partners decide. We are very close, and we will remain so in the future”.
Source: Eitb
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