Eight former employees of Goodyear, including five delegates CGT, appeared in an appeal on Wednesday for ” kidnapping and violence in a meeting “.
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Convicted of forcible confinement and two years in prison, including nine months closes, in the first instance in January 2016, eight former employees of Goodyear Amiens-Nord appeared Wednesday, October 19, before the court of appeal of Amiens (Somme). at the end of the day of the hearing, the general counsel, Dominique Tailhardat, a required two-year suspended prison sentence for the former workers.
The defendants, five of whom are delegates of the CGT, were prosecuted for ” forcible confinement and violence in a meeting “ after being held for more than thirty hours two of the company’s executives, the 6 and 7 January 2014. A final action occurred at the time after seven years of struggle against the closure of the plant, recorded two weeks later.
The conviction of the protagonists, two years later, the prison farm had been perceived as a thunder clap in the middle of trade union and political. It was indeed a first in France against trade unionists. All the more that both frameworks sequestered – Bernard Glesser, director of human resources, and Michel Dheilly, director of production – as well as Goodyear had withdrawn their complaint in the framework of the agreement to end conflict signed on the 21 January 2014. But the prosecutor’s office decided to pursue the case.
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The defendants were before the court of appeal of Amiens, on Wednesday morning, supported by several thousands of people (10,000, depending on the CGT and 5,000 depending on the prefecture), among them many prominent politicians, including presidential candidates Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Nathalie Arthaud or Olivier Besancenot.the They report on a trial of the ” union repression “.
” The worst hours of my life “
This time, the defence lawyer, Fyodor Rilov, as he performs before the hearing, came to pick up ” the acquittal “. on Wednesday, the former employees have been interviewed again over the course of the day of January 6, 2014. That morning, two trade union delegates, Reynald Jurek and Mickaël Wamen, a leader of media employees, had to find 10 hours M. Dheilly to know the group’s response to their request to re-open negotiations on the conditions of departure in the framework of the closure of the factory.
” But when it is assembled, the secretary told us that MESSRS. Dheilly and Glesser were at the bottom, in the meeting room with the workers, ” says Jurek. in But this is not what was intended, this is amazing… ”
” How to one direction, which is the only one able to open the room, allows employees to enter ?, questions Michael Wamen, who does not understand that the direction had not been more prudent. in Nearly one hundred people were present in this room. The atmosphere was already very tense. “
Quickly, one of the exit doors is blocked by a tire. The tension is rising. the ” When the managers announced that there would be no reopening of negotiations, the people were angry. They were losing their jobs anyway “, says Dr. Jurek, while at the same time the activists CGT continue to sing their slogan, in front of the court. ” The climate was anxiety-provoking “, reminds us of another accused, Mickaël Mallet, to the bar.
” We can be angry, but there is the way of the show “, contends, then the president of the court of appeal, René Grouman. But most of the defendants insist they did not necessarily agree with this action. According to them, then they would have tried to appease the situation. the ” My physical integrity would have been damaged if I had tried to oppose it, is Mr. Mallet, also delegate CGT. the there would have been intoxicated. “
” I spent the worst hours of my life, remembers his side Mickaël Wamen. the I have said to the employees : "You’re nuts, you’re going to end up in jail." I didn’t think that it’s me who’d end up being. “
” I have nothing hindered at all “
All contest and have played an active role in the sequestration of more than thirty hours. Their only fault according to them : not having managed to stop the other employees before it escalates. the “ they felt chosen, maybe… I am here, but at no time did I hindered their freedom to get up or leave. For me, I have nothing hampered “, provides Mr. Jurek. Another accused, Jean-François Quandalle, then returned on a scene that took place on the 6th of January.
” M. Dheilly was smoking outside. I agree with him. And there, three or four people came in, grabbed him by the collar. I’m moved in, I brought it back inside. I don’t know what they would have done it. But I have not taken the risk of leaving them all alone with him. And according to me, M. Dheilly could identify these people. the “
But the attorney general, Dominic Tailhardat, is income in her indictment on the grounds of the former Goodyear : ” Means : “ I don’t understand why I’m here“ has no meaning. All those who have joined and who have participated actively should be prosecuted every time they have been identified. “
But for the defendants, because of their presence in this courtroom is simple : their membership in the CGT. They point out that few people have been prosecuted in this case. One of the defendants, Hassan Boukri, is expressed as : ” I have done nothing wrong. And then the two executives knew everyone in the room. Why the leaders of this action are not here ? And why I’m here ? I have the label of the SGC… ”
” The sequester has been scheduled “
Mr. Mallet says even then as an employee, he does not want to give the name, and presented ” with a knife in the room. The bailiffs, the police have seen it, but why is it not here ? Everyone is not aware of any, I have the impression “.
But for the attorney-general, Mr. Tailhardat :
” The sequester has been programmed, this is not a movement that happens in one shot. From the start we know that the decision to retain such people, to sequester these people had been taken. The sequester has even been claimed before tv channels that have been called for the occasion. And if we accept the confinement, it kills the social dialogue. “
” But I prefer to forget the penalties of imprisonment because they have almost all clean records “, he said to justify its claims.
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