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Social negotiations for the next three years will begin on Thursday, September 26, between the unions and the management of the car manufacturer, which is citing “the survival of the company” in a context of falling sales and increased competition.
The alert was given in the Echoes, last week. The car manufacturer Renault would play nothing more and nothing less than its “survival”, from Thursday, September 26, in negotiations between staff representatives and management. According to the economic daily, this alarmist word was used by management during a framework meeting for these three-year negotiations, at the beginning of July, in which a written presentation specified that the group must “carry out the transformations necessary for the survival of the company, within a socially acceptable framework”.
When we know the context in which European car manufacturers have been operating in recent months (generalized drop in sales even in electric vehicles, competition from China, savings plan at Volkswagen that could go as far as factory closures), the terms – rather vague – of the debate are enough to scare more than one union member. However, the CFDT Renault is not more worried than that. According to Fabrice Roze, union representative for the group, “Renault is not showing signs of deep restructuring,” but rather of “continuity in c
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