Sunday, June 21, 2015

Bouygues Telecom: Unions evoke a “catastrophe” for … – Challenges.fr

This is not yet a commotion of battle, but it looks like. The offer of 10 billion euros would have made Mr. Drahi, according to the Journal du Dimanche information was received more than freshly by the government. It is first Emmanuel Macron who expressed his opposition, believing that this sector did not need consolidation and citing “opportunist reconciliations”.

Even cold shower with the Secretary of State for the Budget Christian Eckert. “SFR and Numericable have commitments in terms of investments, the whole territory is not covered to date,” he recalled Sunday night when issuing all policies (France Inter / France 3 / Aujourd’hui Le Parisien). Before discussing the role of the Telecoms Regulatory Authority, ARCEP, “must give a number of authorizations for the organization of the sector, frequency use. It is also possible but it is not there, [...] may look fiscal matters how things are resolved, because again there might be to overhaul a number of things. “

A dreaded social catastrophe

In the late afternoon, the boss of the CFDT is in turn mounted to the plate during the Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-ICL. L e Secretary General of the Confederation, Laurent Berger said he feared “a social catastrophe” and denounced “a real financial transaction without industrial strategy. “

Previously, the announcement still conditional, was commented on with great skepticism toward SFR. But no real surprise. There were “rumors” circulating about it but “no information” communicated to unions, according to the CGT.

“The timing, if the offer were to be accepted, could match the end of the guarantees of continued employment in 2017 “provided at SFR in connection with the merger with Numericable, sued Fabrice Pradas, central delegate of Unsa first union at the operator. “Since the acquisition by Numericable, we envisioned this scenario,” he acknowledges.

If it “were to be confirmed, it would be a disaster for employment in terms of internal duplicates and in the subsidiary Telecom “concluded Pradas

The same goes with Bouygues Telecom. redemption, which was” expected even though management told us just the opposite “,” will be a disaster socially because there are duplicates everywhere: there will be two directions + + network + computer + two directions, both directions + support + “responded to AFP Azzam Ahdab (CFDT)

If. redemption, “we will ask and insist on having guarantees in writing on the maintenance of employment,” the central CFDT delegate, third union. “Otherwise, we should expect a social movement of magnitude” in conjunction with the employees of SFR, he warns.



A project “dangerous”

For the union, Mr. Drahi the draft is “economically very dangerous,” because the man of French-Israeli business “is not in debt, it is indebted.”

According to the JDD, the boss Numericable, SFR had obtained “a new loan with BNP Paribas’ acquisition and pay” in cash “.

” If it comes to borrowing money for breaking jobs, detriment of consumers also, it is not serious and it is as irresponsible attitude. The authorities should intervene and should not let it go, “Mr. Ahdab.

Skeptical face décalarations of Emmanuel Macron, the CFDT delegate says he must now “produce it in deeds.” According to Mr. Ahdab, the Bouygues Telecom Group currently employs 6,300 employees plus some 2,000 employees counting the shops.

(With AFP)

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