France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Cinema: Jerome Palteau "The Saga Conti" (fr)

The film Jerome Palteau comes out in all too few rooms back on the struggle of "Conti" in 
2009 against the closure of the factory Continental Clairoix (Oise). Briskly, let's dive 
into an atmosphere, assembly, passing, revolt and tear gas. ---- We see the start of a 
community struggle to build. Initially, she did as only connection factory, a good salary 
and a good job that kills slowly but surely. It is on the rubble of the betrayal of trade 
union apparatuses and political parties, it starts. March 11, 2009 morning, the adventure 
begins, the epic saga of the "Conti". ---- Workers, managers, receive their letters of 
dismissal. It will be 1,120 letters in total. After an initial phase of depression is 
anger rumbling. There are no more barriers between self-es, distinctions disappear despite 
some r?sistances.

Lorsqu a control committee and daily general assemblies are installed they become all 
equal under the premise of a worker, a voice against the CFTC delegates who want 52% of 
the vote because they won union elections.

Through this struggle, we see a return to the roots of unionism at its center direct 
action and the installation of a power struggle.

Overall, Conti build and also act as international ?tablissantune connections between 
people with German wage-es with a purpose: type up the portfolio. Finally, they get to 
pull the sum of 250 million euro for a thousand employees. Sum which unfortunately is a 
drop in the sea of ??b?n?fice.Un only regret from the movie: the little space devoted to 
control committee which will have been further discussed.

Eric (AL Montpellier)

The saga of the continent , directed by Jerome Palteau, documentary Xavier Mathieu, 1:37, 
Films on both sides, 2013