Spanish Bethel

fadinfast

Just wanting to know what has/is/about to happen to the Spanish Bethel. Is there any news coming out of there lately? FF

cyberjesus

Well in the Mexican Branch they speak spanish, and I think that one is strong as ever.... But wait a minute they speak spanish on many other branches, which one you are talking about?

yesidid

Perhaps he means the Spanish bethel in Spain.

fadinfast

The Bethel in Spaln is the one I was meaning. After reading that it was being closed down, and many Spanish brothers were understandably upset,havent heard any more. FF

As probably you know the Branch staff in Spain has been decreasing year after year since 1998. In that year they sent out 13 members at once. The biggest reduction took place at the begining of 2010. Around 75 members were sacked. The majority of them got the chance to be send as a special pioneers to the cities they came from many years ago. Many of them spent two and three decades inBethel and they are in their 50's. Now, the spanish branch have around 125 workers. This is the half it just to be in the later 80's and 90's.

In the late 90's the branch was under a big plan of construction. Where they had only accommodation for 98 workers (48 rooms in six small buildings) they now built accommodation for 600 people. The facts have been a very big fiasco for the JW in Spain, specialy the Branch commitee. The vast majority of the new facilities haven't been used. They are empty. Obviously it cost a lot of money and they need to save money more than ever.

How long they will carry on like now? Who knows.

We are expecting two big decisions from the branch commitee :

1, Reduction sooner or later in the amount of the special pioneers in Spain.

2, The whole Branch in sale and they moving to an smaller site nearby.

bottleofwater

Wow there goes your free food... have fun... with no education and likely no work experience! but it's okay. there's always McDonald's!

Scott77

Torre,

Thanks for sharing. Please, how about the lawsuit for from the disfranchised JWs Bethelites at the Spanish branch? Did the win social security benefits?

Scott77

torre

Hi Scott77

Regarding social security, two ex-bethelites sued the HQ's in Spain in 2006. After an investigation, the goverment decision was that JW have to pay social security since 2003 for them all (special pioneers, CO, DO and Bethelites) as other bussiness and religion confessions do. In fact they were the only ones who were no complying with the law requirements on this regard.

What's happened with the ones have been fired lately? I suppose the branch have been paying for them all and still does if they are in the full time service.

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