The interview between François Hollande and the intersyndicale (CGT-FO-CFE CGC) lasted almost two hours, this Saturday morning at the town hall of Tulle. A meeting during which the former President of the Republic supported the employees of BorgWarner whose closure of the Tulle factory is announced by 2022, resulting in the loss of 368 jobs.
Closure of BorgWarner in Tulle: “A massive blow” for employees
“I wanted to meet the employees, said François Hollande at the end of the meeting. This factory is ours and everything is done to close it. It is an exemplary establishment, a modern unit. The announcement of this closure is purely and simply a human disaster unbearable and unspeakable. The hardest part is for the employees who are waiting for a fatal outcome. “
For the former president, everything must be tried to save jobs: “both have negotiations to engage on the social level, it is necessary to activate the relays. How to imagine that there is nothing left in this area of Eyrein, more than a void. All local elected officials, the Department, the Region … will mobilize, challenge the public authorities, the Ministry of Economy and Finance. “
Friday, President Hollande met with President Macron and the situation of BorgWarner was invited to the meeting: “I told him” this is the first example of deindustrialization. This file must be exemplary. “
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What role can the former president play for the future of the Tullist site? “I’m here to check what is going to be done. I weighed with all my weight when the company moved from Tulle to Eyrein, I contributed to its development. We must do everything so that the industry remains in Eyrein, that those who have a high level of qualification remain in Corrèze. ” The former head of state also castigated “groups that transfer production units to Hungary ( this is the case for BorgWarner, editor’s note) and use European rules to bring productions. Can a company be prevented from closing? No, but we can impose an economic and financial penalty on it. “
For François Hollande, the economic future will darken in the coming months. “What is happening here, with BorgWarner, is what will happen at the start of the school year, or even this summer: business closings, social plans … if there is no plan We need to quickly start efforts to support businesses, we need a reindustrialization plan. “
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The priority of the inter-union: saving the site
For its part, the inter-union recalled the tragedy experienced by the 368 employees affected The members of the BorgWarner inter-union after the meeting with François Hollande at the town hall of Tulle
by the scheduled closure of the site: “We wanted to meet with local elected officials. It is a tragedy for us, for the 368 employees, for the region. Learning about a closure overnight, without notice, is incomprehensible. C “is a blow. It is a drama for the whole environment of Tulle and the region”, said Jean-Louis Bouilhac, secretary of the EC of BorgWarner and spokesman for the intersyndicale.
For the latter: only one priority: saving jobs. “We have to save jobs and the site, we cannot let it go. Our concern is to save the site, even if the management wants to go very quickly.”
Estelle Bardelot
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