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Social movements in Le Havre: the mayor of Les Achards worries about the Fournée Dorée

The elected official challenged the government on the subject of social movements in the port of Le Havre, which impact the Vendée business.

Posted on Feb 4, 20 at 8:33 am

La Fournée Dorée, in Achards. (© dr)

The Furnished golden, company specialized in the production of pastries, suffers the consequences of the current social movements and in particular the strike of the dockers of the Haven.

This is in any case, what emerges from the declarations, on January 28, 2020, of the mayor of Achards, commune of Vendée where one of the company’s three production sites is located.

Exports blocked in Le Havre

On the sidelines of the municipal council, the mayor Daniel Gracineau publicly informed the elected officials of his letter addressed to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Secretary of State for Transport, with a copy for the President of the Republic, the Prefect of Vendée and the elected representatives.

He recalls that “La Fournée Dorée” exports 45% of its turnover via the port of Haven. However, social movements are currently blocking shipments and making it impossible to load containers.

Read also: After 13 days of “dead port”, the ports of Le Havre struggling despite wage losses

Partly paralyzed production

The consequences would be very heavy according to the mayor of Achards in his mail:

The company I’m asking you for employs around 1,700 people and is going to have to put people out of work.

According to the elected official, this situation causes a blockage of exports, the loss of already packaged products which are perishable, an impossibility of finding other outlets and will therefore contribute to reducing the export market shares in a very competitive context. and affect employment.

Asked, the Fournée Dorée did not wish to speak on the subject.

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