Some 700 demonstrators marched on the roads of Aéroports de Paris (ADP) in Roissy on Friday to demand the withdrawal of a plan involving wage cuts to deal with the Covid crisis, AFP noted.
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The demonstrators responded to the strike notice filed by two ADP unions, the CGT (General Confederation of Labor) and the CFE-CGC (French Confederation of Frameworks-General Confederation of Executives), for the weekend of 18 to 20 June, before a new mobilization scheduled for July 1 to 5, the first big weekend of summer departures.
"
ADP = profitability to do + with -
", "
No to the abolition of premiums
", could we read on the signs brandished by demonstrators, who marched in peace to in front of ADP headquarters, temporarily disrupting access to terminals.
About a hundred people were also gathered at Orly airport, AFP noted.
"
They want to disgust us
"
The employees mobilized are mainly operational but others belong to the administrative or engineering departments.
“
Management tires us psychologically and financially,
” plague Ramesh Monsard, 44 years old, 20 of whom manage the platform's car parks, on staggered schedules.
“
They are using the Covid to wring the payroll.
They want to disgust us: if we do not sign (the amendment to the employment contract, Editor's note), we are out,
”abounds his colleague Eva Leroi, 46 years old.
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The work contract adaptation plan (PACT) plans to remove certain bonuses, such as the kilometer allowance, which would lead to wage cuts ranging from 4 to 8%, according to management.
In the event of refusal, the employee is exposed to dismissal through a job protection plan (PSE).
Save money
Trade unions refer to decreases in income of up to “
one month's salary
” and constrained geographic mobility.
On May 21, ADP's social and economic committee (CSE) voted against the project.
Management explains these measures by the need to save money in a context of a pandemic which has considerably affected the activity of the group, in which the State is the majority shareholder.
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“
It's not justified.
The company is doing well, air traffic will resume ... We know that what they are preparing behind is privatization
", loose Pascal Durieux, CGT proximity manager at ADP firefighters, yellow jacket"
fire rescue
”on the back.
The management has already signed in December with all the representative unions - CGT, CFE-CGC and Unsa (National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions) - an agreement for a collective termination of collective bargaining (RCC) which provides for 1,150 departures in 2021, including 700 not replaced.
