Punished for excess of good humor. According to information from La Voix du Nord, an employee of Auchan, storekeeper of the beverage department, was reproached for his morning cheerfulness. Every day, at 5am, he takes his job and cheerfully accompanies the songs played on the supermarket radio. His hierarchy took the decision to dismiss him for a working day, in a letter sent on May 22, reported by the regional daily: "We do not prevent you from expressing your joy or your good mood by singing, but you must understand that the sound volume of this externalization is to be minimized," writes the director.
In question, the management advances complaints about the employee, and the "malaise" of some of his colleagues forced to bring earplugs. The shop stewards are stunned by such accusations, and at this sanction. "There is absolutely nothing bad," says Eric Dronsart, CFDT delegate to La Voix du Nord. "It's always been there, it's part of the work atmosphere." It's completely crazy, we swim in full delirium. I've been a labor court counselor for years, I've never seen that! ». Another union representative also protested to the daily: "We are in the ridiculous, thisfile is completely empty, there is no factual element. Above all, the sanction was not graduated. One could have imagined a first summons, then a warning if he had reoffended. But here he is being laid off unceremoniously when this subject has never been addressed in the CSE, otherwise, we would have been the first to help suffering employees. »
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Rally of support
In support, the unions are determined to criticize this decision. The CGT and the CFDT organized this Tuesday morning an action at 10am, in front of the said Auchan store, says La Voix du Nord. Employees and customers were invited to participate in a sound rally, which must be done by singing, thumbing their noses at the reason of the sanction deemed ridiculous.
Union delegate Éric Dronsart sees "not only a symbolic act, this event takes place in a social context that is tense within the company, we are completely dehumanized. We can't accept it." The storekeeper in question is on sick leave, shocked by his layoff.
