An indefinite strike started Tuesday at the automotive supplier Marelli Automotive Lightening (Italian group Marelli) in Saint-Julien-du-Sault (Yonne), the unions demanding guarantees on the future of the site which employs 167 employees.
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According to Najim Kaddouri, CFDT delegate, 95% of staff responded to the call to strike, leading to a shutdown of production and logistics.
Towards a site closure?
The CFDT called a strike following an Extraordinary Social and Economic Committee (CSE) held last week, during which was denounced "
the absence of any new industrial project for the site, in the medium and long term
", According to a union statement.
"
There are plenty of indicators that let us think that the site is scheduled to close,
" Najim Kaddouri told an AFP correspondent.
The factory, which is only running at 30% of its capacity, "
has no more projects, no more new customers
".
"
We have products that we will stop producing in the spring of 2022. In June it will be catastrophic,
" he added.
Employees are already on partial unemployment "
sometimes several days a week
", according to the trade unionist.
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The CFDT is particularly concerned about the choice of a Polish site in Marelli to manufacture products that Saint-Julien can manufacture (high-end rear headlights for cars) and destined for a Stellantis factory in Rennes.
“
The CFDT is surprised at the choice of a subsidiary located 1,600 km from Rennes to supply Stellantis while the Saint-Julien-du-Sault site is competitive, much closer to Rennes and therefore more economical in greenhouse gas. greenhouse,
”said the union in a press release.
The management of Marelli Automotive Lightening has remained unreachable.
According to its site, the group achieves a turnover of 3.6 billion euros for 20,200 employees in 17 countries.
