La Poste: a union official summoned again for a disciplinary interview in Perpignan

The Sud-CGT-CNT inter-union of La Poste remains united in the turmoil. This Wednesday, at the beginning of the afternoon, around forty activists gathered in front of the Perpignan Nord mail platform, avenue de l’Industrie, to oppose any sanction against the deputy secretary of Sud Poste 66, Samuel, summoned to a disciplinary interview.

This is the fifth disciplinary procedure that La Poste has initiated against a trade unionist in Catalonia since the movement against pension reform. So far, it is the departmental secretary of the CGT postal activities, Alexandre Pignon, who received, in August 2023, the strongest sanction: 24 months of layoff without pay, 18 of which are closed. Samuel, for his part, had already been laid off for three months last summer. He was therefore in the hot seat for the second time this Wednesday.

“Harassment” or “repression”?

According to the inter-union association, management this time suspects the postal worker of “harassment of his superiors”. The organizations represented continue to denounce a “repression” of union activity. “We ask that there be no sanctions against Samuel. This interview should not even take place”launched one of the federal managers of Sud Poste, Olivier Rosay, who came to accompany the activist during the said interview.

“The issue is not to defend so-and-so, but to defend trade union freedomsfor his part hammered Alexandre Pignon. What management does not like is this unity between our unions which lasts over time.” The spokesperson for the CNT, Amapola, agreed: “We are all concerned. When we repress a fellow trade unionist, it is to make an example.”

Sud Poste activists from Aude, Haute-Garonne, and Gers also made the trip. “What’s happening to Sam is unfair. believes one of them, Gilles, a postman from Gers. Today, it’s him. Tomorrow it will be another one. We will always be there to support each other. We will not be silent.”