The president (PS) of the Occitanie region told President Emmanuel Macron of her "
serious concerns
" for the Aveyron site of the German group Bosch, the department's largest private employer with 1,300 jobs and threatened with closure.
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In her letter dated Tuesday, Carole Delga asks the president "to
mobilize all the means of action of the State, industrial, political and diplomatic, in order to obtain from the German management of Bosch that the site of Onet-le-Château (near Rodez) and its jobs are maintained
”.
Concerns about employment
The situation of the industrial site "
raises serious concerns for employment in this territory
", according to her.
Specialized in the manufacture of parts for automobile engines, it suffered the full brunt of the decline of diesel in favor of alternative engines.
Some 1,370 jobs are now "
directly threatened."
Such a closure, if it were to occur, would constitute an unprecedented shock for the Ruthenian basin and, beyond, the region and the country,
”she warns.
The regional president recalls that during the CSE of November 10, management had indicated to employee representatives that the permanent closure of the site was now an option.
Even if employees are covered until the end of 2021 by an agreement signed in 2018.
“
The year 2021 will be decisive.
With her, the period agreed to by the Bosch group will end, during which the workforce is not threatened,
”insists Ms. Delga, who calls for the“
personal involvement
”of the Head of State, reminding him of his visit to the site. in August 2016 as Minister of Economy and Industry.
At the end of November, several local elected officials, including Ms. Delga, had called on the German group to invest and "
make trade-offs to strengthen industrial policy in Europe
" and save its Aveyron factory.
The elected officials then underlined that "
for 30 years, the Bursa site in Turkey has been reinforced up to 7,000 employees and still benefits from additional investments
".
In September 2019, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, also called on the Bosch group to “
keep its commitments
” to safeguard jobs at its Aveyron site, stressing that he was “
not satisfied
” with the situation.
Employees, who are worried about threats to employment, "
are right
", according to him.
For the first time in Europe, hybrid and electric cars have overtaken those with Diesel engines, during registrations in September, according to consultants from Jato Dynamics.
For CFE-CGC Métallurgie, "
the decline in diesel is impacting 35,000 jobs in the French automotive industry
", "
jobs located in France and essential to the territories and their local economic fabric
".