Trucks in single file, as far as the eye can see. Heavy truck drivers were numerous this Wednesday morning to wait in front of the factory Saint-Gobain, Thourotte. Employees blocked the site to claim their claims.
According to Daniel Armiel, central CGT union representative, 85% of the twenty employees of the central glass store have been on strike since last Wednesday. They claim a monthly premium of 60 € gross. A "financial material recognition" to support a surplus of activity related to the abolition of three positions.
"We had seven negotiation meetings with management," explains Daniel Armiel. She offers us € 25. It is off the mark ! So to unblock the situation, the strikers plan to seize the prefect to seek a conciliation-mediation commission or to initiate a procedure of judicial arbitration.
Around 11:30, the strikers were joined by the Asbestos Collective, which organized in the morning a conference at Thourotte's cinema. "The industrial tribunal of Compiegne has condemned Saint-Gobain to pay 20 000 € to each of the 128 files for anxiety. But its leaders decided to appeal, "regrets Jean-Claude Patron, spearhead of the fight.
The management remained unreachable. The movement is expected to continue this Thursday.
