Traveling to the Michelin site in Cholet, which was plagued by the announcement of closure, the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci had to cut short his visit on Friday, November 8, in the face of employees and unions who expected nothing from his arrival.
“You haven’t done anything for us!”, “Get out!”visiting the Michelin site in Cholet on Friday November 8, the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci had to cut short his trip in the face of invective from the employees present on site. The latter had learned on Tuesday of the planned closure of their factory. In total, 1,250 jobs are threatened by 2026 including the closure of the Vannes site, reports Le Monde.
“I came here to talk with you”testified the minister amid boos. He continues: “I think what we owe you today are commitments that must be kept. The way the announcements were made [de la fermeture]without the presence of management, is a manner that is not acceptable and I had the opportunity to tell everyone.” “The commitment we make is to obtain results, no one will be left behind”he concludes.
“We expect absolutely nothing from this meeting”
Employees and unions, gathered in front of the site to protest against the brutal decision of the Michelin group, expected nothing from this visit. “It’s going to come out with some blabla”indicates the CGT delegate from Michelin Cholet, Richard Grangien, interviewed before the Cholet sub-prefecture by France 3. “In any case, they (politicians) have not had control over companies for generations. Groups like Michelin which make billions in profits, they caress them in the direction of the grain. We expect absolutely nothing from this meeting.”
If the minister testified to support the efforts of the unions to find local reclassification solutions for employees, the latter, stunned, contest the good faith of the minister. “He is not the one who will prevent the closure”estimates Morgane Royer, from South. “He could have prevented it a long time ago, they’ve known about it for a long time”she concludes. For Yohan, an employee of the factory in Cholet, the announcement of the closure sounds like a chopping block. “I have three young children, tomorrow I don’t know what I will become.”
published on November 9 at 8:27 a.m., Gabriel Gadré, 6Médias
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