After becoming viral news, it was announced that a former Elektra employee won a labor lawsuit against the Grupo Salinas store, seizing the business in Cancun.
The store, belonging to Grupo Salinas is the specialized trade and financial services company in Latin America and the largest provider of short-term non-bank loans.
According to data from its annual report, in 2018, the income generated by Grupo Elektra, amounted to 103 thousand 520 million Mexican pesos (approximately 5,180 million dollars.
Likewise, the company of Ricardo Salinas, registered in 2018, the total number of collaborators of 82 thousand 668.
The complaint
The story of a former Elektra worker was released, who after four years of suing an Elektra store located in Cancun, Quintana Roo, for unjustified dismissal, he won the labor trial and on Thursday, February 16, accompanied by actuaries, he went to the premises to collect what corresponds to him.
The information was disseminated through local media, and especially through social networks. Where netizens shared photos of the embargo.
In this sense, the preliminary report of Public Security indicated that the aggrieved man worked for six years as Grupo Salinas store manager, but was fired for no apparent reason.
Divine justice?
A former Elektra employee won a labor lawsuit against the company, which refused to pay him 750,000 pesos that he was owed, for which reason actuaries proceeded to seize the branch, in downtown Cancun; Clients witnessed the judicial process.
📸: Weight. pic.twitter.com/r1DoUk3oU1
– News from Quintana Roo (@novedadesqroo) February 16, 2023
Given this, the subject sued the branch located in supermanzana 64on Avenida Tulum, in Quinta Roo.
The embargo occurred after winning the lawsuit, for which the store should pay 750,000 Mexican pesos.
But Elektra, owned by businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego, refused to pay him, for which reason they continued to seize and They took different products, such as motorcycles and a screen, to cover the amount of the debt.
Ricardo Salinas’ answer
After the news was released, netizens did not hesitate to share the news with the businessman on Twitter, which quickly generated controversy.
“@RicardoBSalinas I just happened to inform you, in case you didn’t know, that he was seized at an Elektra store in Cancun for not paying the amount corresponding to an unfair dismissal, 750 thousand pesos in merchandise. Nothing more so that he can see what his personnel policies cost, ”said one user.
He also owns TotalPlay, Banco Azteca and TV Azteca congratulated the former employee on winning the lawsuit.
“Now if I have time to give my opinion: Congratulations to anyone who goes to trial and wins… well deserved, it will take me 1.3 minutes of my life to recover those 750,000 pesos, possibly as soon as I finish writing this tweet,” said the controversial businessman on his Twitter account.
Divine justice?
A former Elektra employee won a labor lawsuit against the company, which refused to pay him 750,000 pesos that he was owed, for which reason actuaries proceeded to seize the branch, in downtown Cancun; Clients witnessed the judicial process.
📸: Weight. pic.twitter.com/r1DoUk3oU1
– News from Quintana Roo (@novedadesqroo) February 16, 2023
The tweet received several comments where they were all critical of the businessman for his gen güin labor, where another also took the opportunity to denounce the failures in human resources in their other companies.
Let us remember that in the December 29, on Twittera user asked former employees of Grupo Salinas to share their experiences working within the companies Banco Azteca, Elektra, TV Azteca, Total Play, Italika, Grupo Dragón, UPAX, Tiendas Neto and ¡Agencia!
On that occasion, several Internet users denounced ill-treatment and labor irregularities such as hiring for fees and without legal benefits, unjustified dismissals, payrolls with minimum wage and the rest of the salary paid in bonuses, labor exploitation, changes of company name every six months and bad work environment.
In summary, social networks continue to be a primary tool for communication and exposure of these cases.
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