The 120 workers at textile company Will Der S.A. arrived at the Pacheco factory on Monday and found the gates closed, with security personnel inside the plant and no authorization for them to enter. The previous Friday, one of the owners had announced the definitive closure of the company at a group meeting and told them not to report at the start of the week.
Their employment situation, however, was marked by contradictory messages. The employees had not yet received dismissal notices when they were barred from entering. On Saturday, a company lawyer sent a WhatsApp statement saying that they had not been dismissed but suspended, and indicating that the firm would contact each worker individually in an effort to reach settlements with every member of staff.
Mirta, an operator with four years of service, reconstructed that sequence and said the staff went to the factory anyway to obtain answers. Verónica, who had worked there for five years, maintained that the message they received confirmed the definitive nature of the closure and demanded that the company pay what it owed. Her claims included vacation pay that some employees had still not received.
The uncertainty also affected people who were on leave when the decision became known. Zulma was on vacation, received the notice, and found the same locked entrance when she went to the plant. Gonzalo questioned the lack of formal explanations from company representatives and added that, according to the workers themselves, the unions had apparently not been notified in advance either.
The closure is taking place within a broader decline in employment cited by the source. The figures provided indicate that 341,396 registered jobs have been lost and 28,262 companies have closed since Javier Milei's government began. That reference does not resolve Will Der's specific situation, but it places the Pacheco shutdown among conflicts that combine loss of activity, blocked access to plants, and disputes over outstanding obligations.
The immediate issue is the legal and financial status of the 120 workers. The company must formalize whether it is maintaining the suspension announced by its lawyer or carrying out the dismissals resulting from the closure communicated by the owner, and then address the vacation pay, wages, and severance claimed. Until those decisions are individually notified, the only verifiable situation is that the plant remains closed and the workforce cannot enter.
