Since placement in receivership in May of the Alinéa brand, two negotiation meetings have already taken place. The next is scheduled for July 22, but that of Wednesday not having satisfied union representatives, the CGT, the CFTC and FO called on employees to make the cut, by not opening the Noyelles-Godault store, part of which is located in Hénin-Beaumont (Editor’s note: the CGC does not participate in this movement).
The CGT central union delegate, Eddy Chlang, and his CFTC counterpart, Dominique Delannoy, speak with one voice. ” The proposal led by Alexis Mulliez (the Director General) plans to take over seven stores out of the 26 existing in France, or 1,200 redundant employees out of 2,000. Noyelles is not part of this recovery plan, but nothing clearly justifies why. Supposedly he would only keep stores in the south because the product range would correspond more to this sector. As for the other buyers, their plans were not retained by the administrators. »
Ridiculous compensation
In front of signs ” Mulliez kill me », The employee representatives explain that they want to be reclassified in the group of the parent company Mulliez, which has more than 1,000 subsidiaries. As for the allowances for the hour proposed, they seem derisory: ” We are talking about € 1,500 per person, while the recent ranking of the biggest fortunes in France puts Mulliez in sixth place. For us, € 50,000 per person would not be delusional, even if we prefer a job. The average age, 35-40 years, is relatively young, it does not prevent that in this period of COVID, it will not be easy to find work. The premium can help with retraining or, for older people, to hold out until retirement. »
Originally scheduled for late July, the hearing date was postponed until the end of August. A measure understood by the unions, but at the same time very heavy to carry psychologically: ” It is not easy to go to work in these conditions, without having a possible date of dismissal and without knowing the amount of the premium. We really hope to get more satisfactory answers from management, but it would have to review its copy, change its management committee and its commercial strategy, otherwise even the new project will not be viable. »
With the store still holding a large banner announcing the 51 layoffs, employees will resume their jobs on Monday: We do not have a choice. But other actions will take place in the various stores by the end of August, hoping to obtain a PSE worthy of the name.. »
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