Posted on 01/07/2021 at 19:31
Social. A disagreement on the conditions of application of partial unemployment between the management of the carrier and its employees has pushed the latter to stop since Monday, January 4, 2021. Negotiations have stalled.
Employees in front of their trucks. (Photo Paris-Normandy)
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Since Monday January 4, a large majority of the drivers of the Roullé company, in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, have been on strike. The company is part of the Mertz group, other sites are affected in France. At issue: the negotiation of an agreement on long-term partial unemployment, texts allowed by the health crisis.
The impact of Covid
“Management would like us to waive 30% of our compensation if the number of days worked is less than 14, and maintain our wages at 93% when we work more than 14 days. However, this is nowhere in the law. They were told that if they removed the 30% clause, we would sign right away, underlines the staff representative Christophe Robelin. We also proposed to accept if the company applied all the laws, on speeds, unloading with the application of the rules in force, not exceeding 52 hours per week. They refused “, angered the employee representative, pointing out that a meeting with the CEO of the company scheduled for Thursday, January 7 was canceled at the last minute.
On the management side, it is pointed out that a series of five proposals has been formulated, that there are no undelivered customers (the company distributes petroleum products in particular in service stations): “These are proposals to minimize the possible impact of the Covid crisis. “
According to the employees, 160 of them, the majority, were on strike.
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