“black day” for the MoryGlobal carrier. A year after his birth, justice delivered Tuesday, March 31 liquidation, with continued activity of a month that does not prevent the dismissal of 2,150 employees committed to “fight” for a social plan “worthy” .
The Commercial Court of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) decided, after a hearing in camera, to stop the slow death of the old number two French messaging, which he had placed in receivership on February 10 with an observation period of six months.
“This is a black day,” said the chairman of the tribunal, ordered the liquidation of the company, while allowing the continuation of the activity for a month, time to “carry out consultations with trade unions” and “make the redundancies of employees” of the company.
Fired for economic reasons, employees will receive their termination letters “late April” said Thomas Holland, lawyer of the works committee and son of the president.
” He will have to fight “
In the absence of takeover project result, the liquidation was” no doubt “, explained before the hearing Denis Jean-Baptiste (CFTC), secretary of the EC. “Now is the starting conditions of the employees it will have to fight.”
According to the union leader, “it will not be easy to find work. The area of the Messaging is damaged, the transportation too. There is little hope reclassification among colleagues. “
” This is a huge mess, “sighed his side Jean-Claude Hacquard, CGT. “For a year, they made us believe that the activity was about to leave. It was the feeling of having been fooled by the shareholder” Arcole Industries, he said.
Born on the rubble of Mory Ducros (including Arcola also owned) placed in receivership in early 2014, MoryGlobal only took over 2,200 employees on 5000 that included the group. Despite this, the company has never managed to find the balance, losing about 43 million euros in 2014.
‘Rolled in flour
Believing he was ” rolled in flour “employees MoryGlobal demand a plan for safeguarding employment (PSE)” worthy of the name, “that is to say at least equivalent to Mory Ducros, according to Michel Ariba (FO).
“That means 25 million euros to find. Given the situation, it will be complicated,” a source close analysis of the file.
For the unions, which require that the sale of the Group’s assets (agencies, stored goods, vehicles, etc.) serve primarily to finance the social plan, she replied that “legally, it is not possible. ” But you can “waive the rule, with the consent of the court,” which is far from certain.
For now, Arcole Industries is conspicuously absent, according to the unions . According to them, the administrator would have expected that 3 million euros to finance the accompanying measures (reclassification leave, training, budget, etc.) and nothing for the additional redundancy payments.
On March 26, the state ordered Arcola “to assume its responsibilities and shareholder help finance the PSE,” accusing the group of not having “recovered now, despite the unprecedented support of government “.
Guest Tuesday BFMTV / RMC, Prime Minister Manuel Valls assured wanting to” find a solution for everyone “employees. The government “is working on a site plan for conversion and especially to find employment opportunities in the sector,” he added.
Judgment of rare severity vis-à-vis the shareholder
In February 2014, the state had granted the company a loan of 17.5 million euros, under the Economic and Social Development Fund (FDES), public aid which the subject of an investigation by the European Commission.
In a judgment of rare severity, Pontoise Commercial Court found a year later that “the main shareholder appeared to lose interest MoryGlobal the company’s restructuring project and its sustainability. ” And he “has put himself in difficulty” by taking € 7.5 million of cash to fund the MoryGlobal PES Mory Ducros, wonder judges, citing an “act of abnormal management.”
The unions will again be received Thursday at 17:00 at the Ministry of Transport, a week after the first meeting.
(With AFP )
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