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“We have no illusions”, admit the unions

The Intersyndicale (CGT, Sud, CFDT) of Michelin in (Maine-et-) is angry this Monday, November 4, 2024. The day before, they learned from the voice of Fabien Roussel, the national secretary of the French Communist Party , that a closure of the Cholet factory would be announced within a few days.

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“Learning about it like that is total contempt for the employees, protests the Intersyndicale. But we shouldn't be surprised, we always learned about Michelin site closures in the press before the actual announcement. This is what makes the employees angry because they realize that the whole of knows about it before them. »

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“We suspect that they will announce the closure of the site”

Announcements could come as early as this Tuesday, November 5. Management has in fact convened CSEs in the three sites affected by possible closures (Cholet, Vannes in Morbihan and Joué-lès- in Indre-et-Loire), and a CSEC at the headquarters, in Clermont- Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme). “We have no illusions. We suspect that they will announce the closure of the site. »

Total or partial closure, the Intersyndicale is hanging on the lips of management. The announcement of a permanent closure would be a real blow for the site which employs 997 people (964 people on permanent contracts and around thirty work-study and temporary workers).

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