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Water, energy, services ...: CGT federations call for a strike on November 3

2020-10-19T13:13:01.518Z


Several CGT federations (energy, transport, construction, metallurgy, public services) are calling on their employees on Monday to strike and mobilize on November 3 to defend their jobs, as well as the public services of water, energy, energy and waste treatment services. Read also: Social return: the CGT struggles to put France in the street “ Major maneuvers are being launched in the CAC 40 Gr


Several CGT federations (energy, transport, construction, metallurgy, public services) are calling on their employees on Monday to strike and mobilize on November 3 to defend their jobs, as well as the public services of water, energy, energy and waste treatment services.

Read also: Social return: the CGT struggles to put France in the street

Major maneuvers are being launched in the CAC 40 Groups in order to increase the profits of shareholders and the world of finance.

This is the case with the sale of Engie's 29.9% in Suez to Veolia or the Engie scrapping plan carried by (Jean-Pierre) Clamadieu (president of Engie)

”, denounce the five CGT federations ( FNME, FNSCBA, Public service, metallurgy and transport) in a press release.

All employees of the public service or the private sectors will unfortunately be affected!

Professional statutes are threatened and all users of water, energy, energy services, waste treatment will be impacted by the degradation of activities

", they add, calling for this day of strike and mobilization"

in the face of all these attacks

”.

A rally planned in front of Engie's headquarters

In Paris, a rally is planned in front of Engie's headquarters, followed by a demonstration in the La Défense district where the headquarters of Suez, EDF, RTE, Enedis and GrdF are also located.

Other gatherings are planned in the region, especially in Bordeaux, Lyon, Bayonne and Rouen, Yohan Thiébaux, CGT coordinator of Engie told AFP.

The strategic shift announced by the chairman of the board of directors, with the agreement of the government (...) poses a significant risk of dismantling for the group: sale of water and waste disposal (Suez);

sale of two-thirds of Solutions from the start of 2021, ie around 71,000 employees;

separation of thermal electricity production (Electrabel and its subsidiaries including in France)

”, denounces the CGT of Engie in another press release.

For more than a month, we have seen Suez employees struggle to save their business (...).

For several days, we have seen the positions taken by certain groups such as Bouygues, Spie, Total ... wishing to buy our activities by sorting out those that interest them and others,

”continues the union, calling, too, to mobilization on November 3.

Engie agreed on October 5 to sell the bulk of its shares (29.9%) in its competitor Suez to Veolia for 3.4 billion euros.

The Paris court ordered in summary proceedings the "

suspension of the

acquisition" until the social and economic committees (CSE) of Suez and Suez Eau France, at the origin of the procedure, have not been “

Informed and consulted

” on “

decisions already taken

”, according to the interim order.

Source: lefigaro

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