SeaFrance, the cooperative and participatory society (SCOP), which manages the MyFerryLink company was placed in liquidation, Friday, July 31, by the Commercial Court of Boulogne-sur-Mer. This procedure should enable the payment of salaries of July of 487 employees, the cooperative does not have the sufficient cash to do so. As stated in the decision of the Commercial Court which AFP has read. “ The SeaFrance SCOP no longer exists ”
After learning that decision, Eric Vercoutre , Secretary General of Maritime Union North ultramajoritaire said that the liquidation “is a good thing for employees. They will receive their wages “. The union, however, stated its intention to “negotiate a good social plan” and “make the government understand that [they] not [ let go] nothing “.
” The state should now help us concretely. It promises a very disturbed time that one is heard activity. “
The” straw that broke the camel ‘
Hundreds of sailors SeaFrance threw punch shares before the court for show their dissatisfaction with the measures proposed by the government. Nearly 300 protesters blocked for more than three hours the access ramps at the port of Calais with heaps of burning tires.
This port blocking is the “straw that made the last straw “, growls the president of the port of Calais, Jean-Marc Puissesseau. “What the sailors of the SCOP fighting for their jobs, I have no problem, but for a month, the port comes the good will of Northern Maritime union” , he said whereas, according to the Operating Company of the ports of the Strait, in July, the port fell by 30% of cross-Channel truck traffic – 36% for cars and -. 20% for buses
“Today I’m tired, I call for help, I want to know if public services exist. “
Later, in mid-afternoon, fifty vehicles were conducting a snail operation that caused major traffic jams on the A16 towards Loon-Plage. Traffic was still completely interrupted shortly after 16 hours on the national 216.
“The Minister [Alain] Vidal [Secretary of State for Transport ] simply said that Calais, only 380 jobs could be saved “ of a total of 487, said Eric Vercoutre to the output of a stormy general meeting with the sailors, who still claim that SCOP more jobs are safeguarded.
“The government is not able to pay us a help fund while he gave 100 million EUR SNCM. “
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No global agreement
The government proposed last week to file players – SeaFrance, Eurotunnel (who owns the vessels operated by MyFerryLink) and the Danish company DFDS (to buy two of these three boats) – a protocol crisis.
It provides for the liquidation of SeaFrance SCOP, creating a new operator SCOP one ship and the recovery in total 380 employees in 487. He set for “obtain within three months a solution for every employee” .
“If it was considered that the liquidation was a prerequisite, such as DFDS, it is clear that prior we are. Now we can expect that the proposals be improved, that guarantees that the “, said Yann Capet, deputy of Pas-de-Calais.
Eurotunnel ” reiterated its commitment a charter offer “ of one of three ships that ” will be formalized in writing in the coming days “, according to the Secretary of State for Transport.
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