France, Alternative Libertaire AL #237 - Unionism - Mory Ducros: Case study of employers' strategy (fr, pt)

The takeover offer validated February 4 carrier Mory Ducros the company Arcole provides 
the dismissal of 2,790 of the 5,000 employee-es. It is the biggest social Moulinex since 
2001, yet Montebourg sees it as a "victory." ---- Than the classic social Mory Ducros 
scenario. FagorBrandt As the intervention of unions Montebourg lets imagine that as long 
as they are held in tile, it will dig them good buyers. But the best offer submitted to 
the works council of 23 January 1900 concerns only employee-es, with severance pay 7,000 
euros on average. But in addition to 2,000 temporary and 2,000 employee-es subcontractors 
according to unions. ---- The announcement angered employee-es, which have invaded the EC. 
The strike began in several agencies on Monday 27 fluctuating around twenty sites (85) 
during the week. In fact, the revelation (illegal) detail the social plan before EC 
demobilized employee-es on the non-impacted sites. CFDT (31.9% of the votes in the last 
elections Professional) and CGT (30.9%) refused to sign the agreement back and argued 
walkouts but frankly without calling a strike at the group level, preferring actions 
"punch" at the time of the EC or the biggest platform group Artenay (Loiret) on January 29.

Petition orchestrated by management

Employers is passed to the offensive against launching an ultimatum: if blockages did not 
stop, Arcola withdraw its offer, it fell to the passage 2210 employee-es. In parallel, a 
petition known as "2210 for the resumption of Mory Ducros" very media-relayed in fact 
signed by 606 people on the Internet, called the unions to accept the takeover offer. 
L'Humanit? revealed mails sent to executives of the Group, all taken by Arcole, confirming 
the "validation" of the petition by management, organizing the implementation of 
"correspondents" local media and recommending emphasize "there is no manipulation by the 
Regional Directors." frames also organized a campaign to pressure the CFDT at all levels.

Montebourg, meanwhile, put all his weight into the balance to get the signature of the 
CFDT. He drew his rescue fund by engaging the state to the tune of 17.5 million repayable 
investment in the business (ie as long as the buyer Arcola) and announced Tuesday, Feb. 4 
have moral commitments from SOEs to recovery of 1,000 employee-es, including 500 at the 
Post and RATP. Such commitments had already been developed with employee-es-PSA Aulnay, 
who arrested the Minister in late January to remind him ...

These pressures, and a final increase to 10,000 euros on average redundancy payments, 
finally overcame the CFDT, the transport federation who signed the agreement on February 
4, supposedly passing over the CFDT Mory Ducros. Supposedly, as several employee-es 
evidenced in the press their doubts and instead imagine a distribution of roles between 
the two.

Unfortunately, this struggle reflects the difficulty of employee-es to mobilize in the 
unit against a fighter employers, supported by the government.

Gregory (AL Orleans)