Work in agreement, but with the equipment made essential by the health crisis. And for the employee unions, CGT and FO in mind, the security conditions are not yet met. The two centers indeed multiply press releases to challenge employers in the banking, transport, distribution or industry sectors, about the lack or even the absence of protective equipment. And recommend that employees refuse to work. " Employees must be able to exercise their right of withdrawal as long as everything is not insured for their protection, " said Philippe Martinez, the boss of the CGT, on Franceinfo on Thursday.
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In these federations, an increasing number of calls from employees wishing to use this faculty are also reported. “ I just spoke with an employee of a large area that customers molested while he was installing toilet paper on a shelf!” Says Amar Lagha, from the CGT trade federation. We do not encourage the right of withdrawal for everyone, it would be irresponsible, but it is an individual right that everyone can exercise if they are afraid for their health. "We are at war," said the president. And if we are soldiers, we need weapons. "
Call for a curfew
In fact, the cases of sites where employees exercised their right of withdrawal explode. In Belfort, General Electric stopped production. At Valeo in Amiens, the employees voted to withdraw and could exercise it in Angers. Employees of the Carrefour de Barentin hypermarket in Normandy also launched it on Thursday before obtaining additional protection from management.
Employees who want to exercise their right to withdraw, or to strike, are not reluctant to work
Dejan Terglav, FO" Employees who want to exercise their right to withdraw, or to strike, are not people who balk at work, but need their bosses to play the game, " says Dejan Terglav, at FO. For him, it would be necessary to go far beyond the supply of masks and gloves, and introduce a kind of curfew by closing notably the stores earlier in the evening. "After 8 pm, in the street, only the thugs are left ," deplores the man who has already had to call the police into 17 stores that have been taken over. We must protect those who work and be aware that if the French are not fed, it will be a revolution. ”
