For several months, Flo, a SUD Industrie union representative, has been the target of attacks from the management of his company, Bodet Time & Sport, based in Trémentines (49). It seems that speaking his mind and doing his job as a staff representative irritates the bosses. ---- Elected for 12 years within the company, Flo tirelessly defends its employees. He is committed to the values of self-managed unionism, a far cry from the compliant unionism that prevailed until now. When it comes to holding management accountable and defending employee rights, there's no room for half-measures. Especially when management is trying to impose a weekend of work.
From then on, things escalate very quickly. On April 3rd, he received a letter summoning him to a pre-dismissal interview. Four days later, he was suspended without pay, with immediate effect. On April 15th, his pre-dismissal interview took place, during which he was accused of three offenses, all related to his union activities. Professionally, Flo's record is impeccable, as the director reiterated during the extraordinary meeting of the Works Council (CSE) convened on April 17th to decide on his situation. Unsurprisingly, the CSE, where the SUD Industrie union holds a majority, voted against his dismissal. Management persisted and therefore contacted the labor inspectorate. The inspectorate launched a formal investigation. From then on, Flo and his supporters demonstrated to the labor inspectorate that he was a victim of union repression and that, in the past, he had been repeatedly obstructed in carrying out his union duties.
This procedure clearly aimed to silence a union member. Bodet's reactionary management[1]wants him fired and will go all the way! They've even gone so far as to ask the production manager to file a police report, which is completely absurd. An excerpt reads: "He harshly criticized me, using insulting remarks, for prioritizing orders over social responsibility and employee well-being." He is reportedly suffering since then; these remarks are haunting him, and he's taking anti-anxiety medication. This same manager had no qualms about making employees work weekends, imposing overtime during the heatwave in June 2026, or covering up genuine harassment cases.
A first inter-professional and inter-union support rally of about a hundred people took place in front of the company on April 17th during the Works Council meeting. Everything is being done to ensure that our colleague doesn't lose any wages and that his legal fees are covered. A wave of solidarity, which began within his company, quickly spread to the national level.
On June 19, the labor inspectorate refused the dismissal, but also considered that Bodet was "exerting pressure on the union and violating the employer's duty of loyalty." As for the alleged verbal abuse: "no personal attacks or threats. He is simply showing signs of fatigue following a tense mandatory periodic negotiation." Bodet now has two months to appeal. Let's make sure our comrade doesn't feel alone by contributing massively to the solidarity fund and by being ready to mobilize in the streets. There will always be a fighting unionism to organize the workers at Bodet!
Jon (UCL Angers)
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[1]Bodet's management includes members of the boards of directors of independent, fundamentalist Catholic schools. In 2014, a family member donated 165,000 euros to Dieudonné, etc.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Repression-syndicale-Bodet-l-heure-de-la-solidarite-a-sonne
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