An agreement was concluded on Thursday that provides for the lifting of the blockade of the Michelin factory in Cholet (Maine and Loire) between the industrial group and the employees, as both parties learned.
“This mediation agreement, which provides in particular for the release of access to the Cholet facilities from Friday, November 29, will allow employees to return to work, in accordance with the wishes of the vast majority of them,” Michelin said. Thursday at the conference. end of the day in a press release.
The mobilization continues
Employees have been blocking truck access to the site since November 5, the day Michelin announced the site’s upcoming closure. Since then it has been running slowly.
The agreement must be approved by a judge on Monday, December 2, the two parties said. This also provides for the maintenance in front of the factory gates of the picket set up by employees at the beginning of November, indicated Bastien You, CGT delegate.
“The trucks will pass, but we are not going to disappear from the landscape, the mobilization continues for the closure of the factory,” he added. To try to end the blockade, the Michelin group last week summoned seven employees to a summary procedure before the Angers court. The judge ordered both parties to meet with a mediator.
At the beginning of November, the management of the French tire manufacturer announced the closure before 2026 of its facilities in Cholet (955 employees) and Vannes (299), justifying it by the “collapse” of sales of tires for trucks and vans. According to Michelin, these closures have become “inevitable” due to Asian competition in this area.
Source: BFM TV
