“There is an urgency to act.” In total, between 157,903 and 244,655 jobs, direct or indirect, they have been abolished or threatened since 2023, according to the latest field survey conducted by the second center of the Union, which had been counted at the end of November, almost 250 layoffs in progress.
“Behind these figures, it is always the same story. They are devastated territories, broken families and key skills for our country,” he said. Metallurgy, car, chemical industries and trade are particularly affected sectors. “We have deindustrialization organized by successive employers and governments,” said Frédéric Sánchez, general secretary of the CGT Metallurgy Federation.
Moratory, Conditional Help and Buyers Search
The CGT has been asking for a “moratorium on dismissals” for several months “, the obligation of the real search for buyers” and “public aid packaging to a consistent opinion of the CSE so that employees can block companies that are gaining public help while discarding,” said Sophie Binet.
The emblem of a hard industry success: Arceormittal, which recently announced the abolition of 600 positions in France. Questioned by the leader of the CGT in mid -May with TF1, the President of the Republic dismissed the idea of ”nationalizing Arceormittal”, as requested by the unions, the employees and the left.
Source: BFM TV
