No truce in sight at the La Chesnaye residence. Forty-six days after submitting their notice, part of the staff continues their strike action in the accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) in Suresnes. The main grievance of the strikers: the “brutal management” of the director of the establishment with whom, according to the mobilized agents, “any dialogue has become impossible”.
A sign of the ambient tension: the multiplication, within the nursing home, of summons to disciplinary councils, calls to order, deductions from salaries and disciplinary interviews. Interviews that have accumulated over the last few days. “We have 14 in a single week, unheard of,” laments Muriel, substitute delegate to the social and economic committee (CSE) of the establishment. It's simple, the director had all the staff assigned from the start of the notice and those who venture, even for a few minutes, on the picket line, are systematically summoned. » “The psychological suffering of all staff is palpable,” says Malika Belarbi, general secretary of the departmental health and social union of Hauts-de-Seine. The agents no longer dare to speak, to express themselves openly. »
However, some did so in front of police officers from the Suresnes or Puteaux police stations where complaints were filed for moral harassment. Others detailed their discomfort in an open letter addressed, at the end of October, to the deputies of the constituency, a letter which has remained, for the moment, unanswered. “I have never felt so little considered,” laments Dela, a near-retirement caregiver who has been faithful to La Chesnaye for 33 years. However, I have seen establishment managers pass by but none had such little knowledge of our professions. »
The outcome of the conflict could come through mediation led by the ARS, but for the moment, the striking personnel are refusing it outright. “The divide is too deep” believes Malika Belarbi. An opinion that the mayor of Suresnes, Guillaume Boudy, does not share, who, for his part, still hopes for “an exit from the top”. The elected official, also president of the board of directors of the nursing home, explains that he is monitoring the situation closely. “What matters most to us is the well-being of the residents,” he insists. And so far, we haven't had any alerts. »
Basically, the mayor of Suresnes admits to having also heard of “a little rough” management but nevertheless pleads the cause of the young director of La Chesnaye. “She herself arrived, for her first position, in a complicated context,” he recalls. She had to restore order to the organization, reorganize certain employees and obviously, this did not happen without gnashing of teeth. But despite everything, she also tried to smooth out the angles. » Not enough to the taste of the striking staff who, this Wednesday morning, were still shouting their desire to “go to the end”.
