The CGT of trade and services calls the employees of these two sectors to strike from this Wednesday to demand protective measures which according to it "are sorely lacking" in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
“We are paying a high price for the inaction of the government and the employers in this crisis. Employees work seven days a week for needs that are far from being absolutely essential but for which they risk their lives, "said Amar Lagha, secretary general of the federal office of the CGT Trade and Services.
"We are not asking for closure everywhere, but only to open essential businesses," Elhadji Niang, federal secretary CGT Commerce, explained on Wednesday morning on BFMTV. "We tried everything! Today, we have employees who say they are afraid to go to work. Alert rights have been made which are systematically refused by employers. So [the strike] is a tool that helps protect the lives of employees. "
"Two deaths per week"
The strike was decided after consultation with all the CGT unions in the two sectors. “The absenteeism rate is enormous, there are deaths and our role is not to count them. We are asking for a real security airlock but we don't get along ”, he added, adding that all the employees of the large distribution but also those of security and services in general are called to strike. , "All those who feel concerned by the lack of means of protection".
“Our trade and services federation is paying a high price with ten deaths since the start of the crisis. Which causes two deaths a week, ”warns Elhadji Niang. “Faced with our repeated requests, the impossibility of exercising our right of withdrawal, that is enough. We are whistling for the end of recess, "added Amar Lagha, whose federation filed a complaint against the Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud, and the management of Carrefour.
A call for a legitimate strike, according to Mélenchon
This call for strike comes after the announcement of a new death of an employee of Carrefour Bercy-2 in Charenton-le-Pont (Val-de-Marne).
LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon ruled on Wednesday that this strike action was legitimate to obtain masks. "The task of the government is not to wonder if the CGT is right (to strike) but to say to itself: How do I do to give masks to people who do not want to die at work (.. .) If these people are sick they will infect others. It is nothing ideological to defend your life, "reacted the former presidential candidate to Europe 1.
According to Amar Lagha, the shop stewards of the Charenton-le-Pont store will request an extraordinary meeting of the social and economic committee (CSE) to launch an investigation through its health, safety and working conditions commission (CSSCT).
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