The crisis is getting worse at Moventis.
On June 19, during a crisis meeting, the mayor of Grasse and president of the CAPG, Jérôme Viaud, and the bus delegate, Moventis, announced that they had contacted the public prosecutor after receiving the results. “very worrying”from a diagnostic survey launched last January among employees.
In this report, appear “daily threats, insults, provocations and intimidation of certain employees, a minority.”
On Monday, the drivers, gathered at the bus depot, expressed their discontent. Nearly 70% of them were on strike. With 28 striking drivers, and 21 non-strikers, including ten on fixed-term contracts.
Traffic was once again disrupted. An action also carried out in support of the CGT union representative summoned in the morning by the HR department for a preliminary interview with a view to dismissal.
Under the windows of the management, the drivers brandished banners and smoke bombs to support their colleague. And responded to the comments of the mayor of Grasse and the delegate, via a press release.
“You report in the media what is happening at Moventis (threats, insults, sexist remarks, etc.) but why have there been no disciplinary sanctions so far? Why no convictions? Why no reports to the CSSCT, nor to occupational health or even the labor inspectorate?”
“Never heard”
On the failure to respect timetables mentioned by the mayor: “Drivers have been constantly denouncing poorly adapted timetables that do not take into account urban traffic during peak hours. But we have never been heard. Wouldn’t a regulator position be welcome? Could Moventis’ amateurism be the cause?”
On the repeated strikes denounced: “We are not doing this with a light heart, we have alerted you several times but everything has been in vain”.
“Glaring failures”
And the drivers point “Moventis’ glaring failures” : “An entire service not provided, incorrect or missing display panel, no trainers, no regulator, poor quality rolling stock, sometimes unsafe driving position… “
But also to denounce “his authoritarian excesses”: “Several drivers on fixed-term contracts, “CGT sympathizers” with more seniority and impeccable behavior were supplanted in favor of other drivers with less seniority in obtaining a permanent contract. Or the dismissal of a driver “CGT sympathizer” following an ironic and sarcastic email. Conversely, when a driver attacked a female driver with sexist remarks and then made death threats against another driver who was a witness, there was little sanction, the CSSCT was not notified. These facts are serious because they are subject to the disciplinary board. This same employee was nevertheless chosen by Mr. Silvestre and Mrs. Parbot for the steering committee of the psychosocial risk investigation.”.
On the hostage-taking of users mentioned by the mayor, the drivers recall “the mayor’s choice“ of a delegate “amateur at a discount” et ““totally unknown”.
The drivers say to themselves “determined to defend their rights and those of Grasse users as well as to obtain a decent, reliable and quality urban transport network “. And propose to the mayor “to come to the field to meet us and listen to us“.
