(en) Organisation Communiste Libertarie (OCL-Strasbourg) - Two-month strike at the incineration plant S?nerval (fr, pt)

On strike for two months, the workers S?nerval decided to block the incinerator household 
waste Rohrschollen in Strasbourg on Thursday morning May 22 to protest against the 
strategy of decay selected by management and government who refuse to meet and 
negotiations on their claims for pollution of the site, the non-compliance of health and 
wages. ---- An offensive struggle, determined by the workers themselves and carries a 
substantial improvement in their working and living conditions for the inhabitants of the 
Alsatian metropolis. ---- Statement ---- When the bourgeoisie shits his garbage workers 
toast ---- Workers at the plant waste incineration of the European capital have been on 
strike since March 21, 2014. They exercised their right of withdrawal because of serious 
and imminent danger causing a total shutdown of the plant. The HSC denounced for years 
degradation production tool.

Indeed, the recovery of the mission of public service delegation by the S?nerval Dried 
group has multiplied the incidents dilapidated facilities.
Lack sealing boilers no longer provides adequate combustion waste it should be given EU 
standards for return to service ... it has the effect of poisoning increased more workers 
and residents endangering their health and their lives.

Face contempt of management, workers seized the Labour Inspectorate and alerted the Urban 
Community of Strasbourg (CUS) and the Prefecture of the serious dangers due to 
malfunctions and non-compliance with the labor code, security and environmental standards.

The expertise of the workers did not receive an end of inadmissibility by Thermidorians 
bureaucrats CUS and prefecture and have therefore decided to initiate a picket 24h/24 and 
actions on the site. Despite immense patience and openness to dialogue, workers have 
suffered as waffling and refusal to negotiate on the part of management and the CUS. 
Meanwhile, management has doubled these positions rather than reinvest its profits in up 
to standard. Clientelism would it course?

Since the work stoppage, the waste is transported to be grilled Lorraine then stored in 
Mayenne ...

Today, workers have made blocking actions. Management took the decision to evacuate all 
temporary employees and subcontractors of the plant.

To be continued ...

OCL Strasbourg

(22 May 2014)

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Struggle S?nerval: development and action of this Wednesday, May 21

Focus on social conflict in S?nerval factory dated May 21, 2014

The employee-es S?nerval began a strike on March 21 (day 60!) And tried to transform it 
into opting for serious and imminent danger April 23 causing the stoppage of operation of 
the incineration Garbage.

This action is driven by three types of claims: wages, work organization and working 
conditions very degraded resulting in exposure to ash and toxic fumes CMR - carcinogenic, 
mutagenic, Reprotoxic. Some chemical agents in the medium or long term, carcinogenic, 
mutagenic or toxic for reproduction in employee-es that have been exposed. Many sectors 
are concerned. When a CMR agent is spotted on the workplace, deletion or substitution is 
needed, whenever it is technically possible.

It is the refusal by the company management and Dried group environment to provide the 
guarantees necessary to avoid employee-es to continue to work in conditions that endanger 
their health and lives that prevents them from finding a compromise appropriate to an 
output of conflict.

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This struggle by the employee-es S?nerval is exceptional when compared to other companies 
struggle. It is the first by the duration (60 days today). This reflects an absolute 
determination of employee-es which demonstrates the seriousness of the risks for their 
work. These risks are shared and they fight with a rarely attainable and seldom seen 
cohesion in a work group.
solidarity expressed by (part ...) of the CGT at interprofessional level contributes to 
its measure the strength of this struggle. The money collected in the form of 
contributions CGT structures or by subscription from union members and sympathizers are 
helped to fill some of the financial losses resulting from the strike (2nd month without 
wages ...). This aid should continue and be extended to the regional and national levels.

The intensity of the struggle facing an employer intransigence obviously puts the nerves 
of all those involved in the test. Decisions to be taken to manage the conflict and are 
essentially only the group of employee-es S?nerval. Accompanying the inter CGT (mainly UL 
Strasbourg) is the domain of "experienced board" and making available technical and 
practical (means local, humans ...). The employee-es chose to go on strike for a number of 
claims they set together and they decide together on the content of the compromise and the 
appropriate moment (no offense to some ...). This is the cement of their struggle and the 
strength of their struggle.

The role of interprofessional structures is to provide support in various forms: financial 
support, the presence of the employee at es especially during events and to be next to the 
delegation of employee-es during meetings with government and management of the company. 
The national federation to which the transport company S?nerval plan will intervene with 
the Department of Ecology. Also on the national confederation works with the Ministry of 
Labour.

The agreement to end the conflict is now conditioned by negotiations involving the prefect 
the direction of the CUS, the group Dried Environment and representatives of employee-are 
accompanied by the CGT. This real time trading is still denied mainly by the CEO of Dried 
because it refers in his last letter to mediate DIRECCTE (Regional Directorate of 
companies, competition, consumption, labor and employment ) at the company, which has so 
far failed.

The strength of the fight but today already helped save advances carry a substantive 
change in working conditions. This is an interim order issued by the Prefect makes it 
impossible to use the device called NOP and allowed to continue incineration while the 
application of departmental rules expressly prohibited. This is part of criminal 
proceedings for breaches. The second order announced by press release should strengthen 
and expand the first. The creation of the Commission of information and monitoring of the 
CUS provides the framework for transparency which would prevent the direction of not 
respecting the rules.

Direction Dried group continues to play shows hoping that employee-es will crack. We are 
still in midstream. Government and the CUS moving very slowly.

We must rebuild a collective initiative.

The employee-es call you support for strong action on the site of the incineration plant 
Thursday, May 22 (occupation / lock). All those who can be released are invited to be 
present at 8am Thursday, May 22

This fight deserves all our efforts. Daily struggle "S?nerval" on their picket lines and 
in contact with the population also exceeds the usual challenges of fighting business. 
Environmental risks are at the heart of this conflict. It is not that employee-es, it is 
also of general interest (release to the atmosphere of dust and harmful emissions likely 
to engage the public health of residents). In addition, non-incinerated waste for two 
months are transported hundreds of kilometers in Mayenne largely in landfills of Dried group.

Without that we can identify precisely how the Dried group is not very financially 
impacted by the termination of the activity which explains his intransigence.
Here the issue is not the best financial terms for compensation for losses of Job 
characteristic of a defensive struggle. It is a carrier of an improvement in conditions in 
which the place of public service delegations offensive struggle. A successful employee-es 
S?nerval, beyond the strength and cohesion of their group, will be a failure for all those 
who prefer the financial profitability at the expense of human needs.
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Source: http://www.alsacelibertaire.net (site against local information).