"What is the fucking industrial project in France?"
There is none with you, none.
You are on the streets, you are a shitty government!
"" You bring nothing.
Where's the relocation you promise everyone?
»Ministerial visit agitated for the Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, this Friday, in Rodez (Aveyron).
Agnès Pannier-Runacher was strongly heckled by employees of the Bosch factory, after a meeting devoted to the future of the site where management wants to cut 750 jobs.
"I'm on your side, I want to talk to you eye to eye," said the minister without succeeding in calming the whistles and protests of 1,200 demonstrators, according to the unions, 800 according to the police, who came to express their concerns.
“Today, the commitments have not been satisfactory,” she admitted to employees who believe that the government has let go of the diesel industry.
#Bosch The Minister of Industry Agnès #PannierRunacher hooted and insulted by the demonstrators at #Rodezhttps: //t.co/oKR5lGrmjl pic.twitter.com/bvtTGULM8B
- France Bleu Occitanie (@bleuoccitanie) March 19, 2021
On March 5, the German automotive supplier announced that it would cut some 750 jobs by 2025 in its Aveyron plant which produces injectors for diesel engines.
The site would thus retain only 500 employees.
"The proposed project is not sufficiently substantiated, not sufficiently credible," said the minister after meeting the management of Bosch and its CEO France, Heiko Carrie, in the presence of employee representatives.
"Switch to commando mode"
According to Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the equipment manufacturer expressed "several avenues of diversification", the first by repatriating "elements entrusted to other sites", the second "by making Rodez the mother plant for hydrogen processes for refrigeration solutions ”, or by setting up“ an incubator for other manufacturers ”.
She expressed her desire "to go into commando mode" by organizing a monthly follow-up of the reorganization of the plant in the Ruthenian suburbs, committing to return "within three months".
In the evening, the equipment manufacturer confirmed in a press release “its wish to entrust the Rodez site with overall responsibility for the industrialization of an innovative hydrogen solution for refrigerated containers […] with a view to potential production on the site ”.
On the social level, Bosch indicates that "discussions (will be initiated) in the coming weeks" and affirms to want "to avoid forced departures" by means of "an early retirement plan and a voluntary departure program ".