Closure of ArcelorMittal in Reims: the CGT warns of a “large-scale social breakdown” in the Marne

Tuesday 26th November 2024 06:59 AM

The day after the announcement of 113 job cuts at ArcelorMittal in Reims, the general secretary of the CGT in Marne underlined this Tuesday on France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne that the department has suffered “a large-scale social breakdown” since the start of the year.

“A large-scale social breakdown” in the Marne. This is the alert launched this November 26 on France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne by Ghislain Bride, general secretary of the CGT in the department, the day after the announcement of the elimination of 113 positions at ArcelorMittal in Reims. Because “since the start of 2024, we have suffered 420 job cuts” in different sectors.

Ghislain Bride adds that there is a “assumption of 50 positions” soon to be deleted at France Travail et “20 at Boiron”SO “we will be around 500 positions eliminated” in the Marne since January. For the union official, “we have employers who do not want to reduce their margins, who want to continue to make money on the backs of employees”.

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