A shock, an earthquake, a regret. There are numerous reactions following the announcement by the Group's management this morning of the closure of the Michelin factory in Vannes. “This decision remains brutal for the employees and their families with whom I would like to express all my solidarity,” reacted Loïg Chesnais-Girard, president of the Brittany Region.
« I learned this morning of the Michelin group's choice to close its site in Vannes. This decision, whatever the economic and industrial context, remains brutal for employees and their families. I regret it and I would like to express my solidarity to the women and men of the company.
I hope that the Michelin group assumes all its responsibilities. Its responsibilities towards employees, on the one hand, who must be supported to bounce back professionally in the territory, with a major objective: zero employees without a solution. Its responsibilities towards the territory, on the other hand, to prepare for the future and, in particular, the reconversion of the site. This site, and the region in general, has an industrial future and the Michelin group must be able to contribute to it.
I am available to participate in all discussions involving the Michelin group, local elected officials and trade union organizations, aimed at achieving these two objectives”reacted Loïg Chesnais-Girard in a press release sent this afternoon to the editorial staff.
« The State attentive to social dialogue and the measures put in place«
The prefect of Morbihan also reacted to the press, taking note while regretting the decision of the Michelin company to end production activity at its Vannes factory. “ This closure, part of a context of structural crisis in the automobile industry, affects some 300 employees and is the result of choices specific to Michelin. She calls for exemplary behavior from the group in social dialogue with social partners and in the support plan for employees and the territories concerned. The prefect of Morbihan, alongside the regional prefect, and all decentralized state services are now mobilized, and extremely vigilant regarding the quality and efficiency of the measures implemented, who will have to ensure the reclassification and retraining of employees of the sites concerned, but also meet the obligations in terms of finding a buyer, revitalization and revitalization of the territory“, signed Pascal Bolot.
In the morning, Anne Le Hénanff, deputy for Morbihan, calls “ business leaders in the sector to play the solidarity card and mobilize to offer jobs to Michelin employees as a priority. »
