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Matías González, a spokesman for the local UPYD group in the port city, asked to support the request to increase the workload for the Navantia factory in this city, and for the shipyards in Cartagena not to be discriminated against in relation to Ferrol or Cadiz In the construction of ships commissioned by various countries, but also an equitable distribution of the work to be done.

In addition, the Magenta formation expresses its support for the King's work during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia to close a contract with Navantia, since "the construction of the ships derived from the signing of these contracts will generate a great number of quality jobs Both direct and indirect. "

At this point, UPYD remarks its differences with certain political formations, as we can, who have criticized this trip to understand that in that country human rights are not respected.

"We understand that employment is employment, wherever it comes from, and that the increase in the workload in our city's shipyards would be a balloon of oxygen for a population that suffers with a special virulence the crisis of the industrial sector in the City, with a unemployment rate close to 20% and has always been closely linked to the work of the shipyard, which can be said to be part of the history of the city.

He also recalls that the contract does not cover the manufacture of "attack ships", but rather of monitoring coastlines or supporting other Saudi navy vessels.

And that these ships, if not produced in our country, no doubt others would be happy to do this work, for the enormous economic benefits that this activity entails.

The public group Navantia recorded the greatest losses in its history in 2016.

The five corvettes expected to be able to sell Navantia are, according to official data, five-year workload and some 6,000 direct and indirect jobs related to this order.

If we consider that the current staff of Navantia is made up of 5,300 people, the contract of Saudi Arabia would increase by more than 10% of the staff.

Source: UPYD