In the beginning of the week, eyes will be on the Belfort site, threatened of near-closure. Full of hopes and expectations, the staff of the industrial group will hear the explanations of their CEO, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, committee business, and should be aware of the government announcements. To defend their future, they are also called to show, on Tuesday.
A marathon social opens on Monday afternoon, with a central works council (CEC) special dedicated to the factory of Belfort, historical birthplace of the railway builder, where 400 jobs, about 480 are under threat.
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The CEO should ” to expose the strategy of Alstom “ to the representatives of the staff. These are waiting for long-term solutions for the industrial site, which has been in operation since 1879, decrypts Daniel Dreger of the CGT.
” Is what they are going to provide us with a competitiveness plan, a plan with a dusting of charges on the twelve sites in france [group] ? “, he asked with Agence France-Presse, adding that ” Mr. Poupart can’t wait until the end of the week without nothing to say to us “.
The election promises of the government
seven months of the presidential election, the future of the site belfortain has become a political issue. The president of the republic, François Hollande, has been his maintaining a ” objective “. The head of the State is anxious to avoid an explosion similar to the closure of the blast furnaces of Florange (Moselle), at the beginning of his five-year term.
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After having denounced the ad ” brutal “ Alstom, the government has promised ” answer “ by ” the end of the month “ to save the factory, from where came out the first TGV in 1971 and on which we depend for nearly 900 indirect jobs.
The State, which holds 20% of the capital of Alstom, has ” the duty to save “ the company and Belfort, warned, Sunday, the number one of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, fearing a ” middle “ on the whole of the rail sector.
The negotiations are conducted in secret between the State and the different companies may provide additional commands to the group. Behind the scenes, the government has pressed on the SNCF concluded as quickly as possible to negotiate with Alstom for the purchase of six TGV for the Paris-Turin-Milan.
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” perspectives, there are : the Grand Paris, the TGV of the future, the development of freight transport and of rail, rather than buses on the road as has been done [the former minister of the economy Emmanuel]in Macron “, has advanced Pascal Novelin, delegate CGT of Alstom Transport, on Saturday, at an event in Belfort.
The secretary of State in charge of industry, Christophe Sirugue, should receive the unions in the week to make a point. M. Sirugue ” we had said : “You have me judging on actions and not on words.” So we will go and see, and hear, “, cowardly, Thierry Muller, representative of CFDT.
A convoy of protesters expected
on Tuesday, the “Alsthommes” would be heard. They are called in the strike and gather at 11am in front of the headquarters of the group in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), where there will be a CEC ordinary.
The inter-union (CFE-CGC, CGT, CFDT, FO) symbolically chartered TGV high-speed trains for the occasion, so as to convey the employees of Belfort and Ornans (Doubs). Between ” 1 000 and 1 500 people “ are expected, after one of the organizers. On the same day, the president and CEO, Mr. Poupart-Lafarge, will be auditioned by the commission of economic affairs of the national Assembly.
the management of The group refuses to discuss a social plan, ensuring that a ” transfer proposal “ to another plant Alstom will be formulated for each of the 400 employees affected.
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