Some 200 people gathered on Tuesday in Morlaix to demand the regularization of undocumented employees or former employees of companies in the agri-food sector, denouncing their working conditions, AFP noted.
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"We must break the law of silence,"
assured Eric Corbel, secretary of the local union of the CGT, at the origin of the rally supported by political parties, associations or local unions.
"We are asking for the urgent regularization of six workers who find themselves in extremely precarious situations
," he told AFP, referring to former employees of the Prestavic company, liquidated in December.
"They can neither register with Pôle emploi, nor benefit from any assistance,"
stressed Eric Corbel, denouncing
"extremely precarious" working conditions
in the company, as well as within the company Aviland, located in Landivisiau, also specialized in collecting poultry.
"They work 48 hours in a row, do not have personal protective equipment, only two masks per week, sleep in vehicles"
, he listed, denouncing the existence of
"a network"
for to bring migrants to work in Brittany with the promise of helping them obtain papers.
Complaints for "trafficking in human beings"
Of the 23 employees in the Prestavic company, 17 were in an irregular situation, according to the CGT.
At Aviland, there are 28 undocumented migrants out of around thirty employees.
The company was not immediately reachable.
"The working conditions are really inhumane,"
an employee told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"The boss does not respect what is written in the employment contract, the salary is miserable, we are being blackmailed ..."
, he notably mentioned.
According to the CGT, the labor inspectorate was seized and complaints were filed with the Quimper prosecutor's office for
"trafficking in human beings"
.
Neither the prosecution nor the prefecture of Finistère had reacted immediately.
The demonstrators went to the sub-prefecture of Morlaix before dispersing peacefully at the very beginning of the afternoon.
