"Indefinite strike" at Lidl ---- Five trade union organizations have
called for an "indefinite strike" at Lidl starting February 7, 2025.They deplore, in particular, excessively low wages and deteriorating
working conditions. They are demanding better wages, "improved working
conditions," and oppose the proposed general Sunday opening. The largest
union, Unsa, has, however, indicated that it favors "dialogue" over a
strike "for the time being." This decision follows the failure of a
meeting on wages. The CFDT (French Workers' Union) deplores a proposed
"low general increase" and deteriorating working conditions. In
mid-December, the CSE (Workers' Committee) had already issued an opinion
warning of a "worsening" social situation. Lidl, which has nearly 1,600
stores and 46,000 employees in France, recently announced its intention
to universalize Sunday work, although only a few stores have implemented
it so far.
Conflict Ends at ArcelorMittal Service Centers
At the end of November 2024, ArcelorMittal Service Centers management
announced its intention to cut 135 jobs, including 113 in Reims, 21 in
Denain, and one in Ottmarsheim. Production is scheduled to cease in June
2025. Following a call from a joint union (CGT, CFDT, FO, CFE/CGC),
strikes are expected to break out. Dozens of employees from
ArcelorMittal, Valeo (layoffs), and Reims Aerospace (in liquidation)
once gathered to denounce the current and upcoming redundancy plans in
the Reims industrial area. But nothing came of it.
On February 7, employees at the three ArcelorMittal Service Centers
sites expressed their views on their management's proposals, negotiated
on January 31, regarding their severance packages. In Reims, 121 out of
131 employees went to the polls, and their response was unequivocal: 93%
of them approved their management's proposals. Employees based in Denain
(Nord) and Ottmarsheim (Alsace), also called to vote, also
overwhelmingly voted "yes." Specifically, of the 151 employees called to
vote at the three sites, 132 cast a favorable ballot, 9 answered "no,"
and 10 did not vote. Management's latest proposals addressed various
topics: business creation, salary maintenance, group mobility bonuses,
redeployment leave, external redeployment, etc. Among the most
anticipated measures for the affected employees was the negotiation of a
higher-than-statutory compensation estimated at EUR45,000 for employees
hired for 15 years. This amount even climbs to EUR80,000 for those who
have worked there for 35 years.
Strike at FSO
Following the call of FO, the drivers of Francilité Seine-et-Oise (FSO)
have been on a rolling strike since November 7, 2023. They denounced a
deterioration in their working conditions and are fighting to maintain
social benefits obtained during the time of Stivo and Transdev, before
FSO took over the market through the opening up of competition. For four
months, the industrial action severely disrupted public transportation
services in the Val-d'Oise's largest metropolitan area. The 32 lines
serve Cergy-Pontoise, Conflans, and Achères, with some 480 employees and
80,000 passengers. FSO, part of the Lacroix Savac group, has been
operating these services since January 1, 2024, as part of the gradual
opening of bus networks to competition. The mediation process, initiated
in January, between the company and the unions recommended, among other
things, the adoption of a single pay scale and harmonized working hours
for all employees. These recommendations were followed and therefore
incorporated into the signed agreement. Work resumed on March 11.
Various conflicts
This is unprecedented at the Qualipac plant in Château-Thierry. For the
first time in its recent history, production stopped on January 17,
2025, following a walkout initiated by a joint union of FO, CGT, CFDT,
and CFTC (also a first). Following the failure of mandatory annual
negotiations (NAO), the strikers were demanding wage increases in line
with inflation. A movement is also underway at another factory in
Chartres, owned by the family-owned Pochet group, which specializes in
luxury perfume packaging. "Management has proposed pay increases of 0.7%
and 0.3%, even though inflation rose to more than 2% in 2024 and the
group has posted historic results." Union representatives also
highlighted the significant productivity efforts made by employees at
the site, which has seen its workforce decline by nearly 50 people in
ten years (148 employees in 2025), even though a new line was installed
without any additional hiring in 2024.
The vitroceramic plant
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