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Orpea: three unions are preparing complaints for "union discrimination"

2022-02-04T15:37:29.152Z


They accuse management of having short-circuited them by favoring the emergence and victory in professional elections of a "house" union.


The CGT, the CFDT and FO indicated on Friday that they intended to file a complaint against the group of private nursing homes Orpea, which they accuse of “

union discrimination

” and of having relied on a “

house

” union at its command.

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"

We had long had suspicions about unacceptable actions by management, but the testimonies and evidence provided by Victor Castanet's book will allow us to take legal action

", explained Guillaume Gobet, CGT manager and former cook at Orpea. .

The complaint, which must be filed before the end of the month, could target heads of "

trade union discrimination

" and "

obstructing trade union activity

", said Guylain Cabantou, another CGT official.

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Another track is considered a harassment complaint, allegedly suffered CGT elected from the leadership, said his side Apollonia Cagnat me, the lawyer handling the case to the criminal.

The CFDT and FO are considering a similar but separate legal approach, their representatives at Orpea said.

The unions accuse the management of the group, in turmoil since the publication of a book-investigation which denounces acts of mistreatment in its retirement homes, of having short-circuited them by promoting the emergence and victory in professional elections. of a “

house

” union

, baptized Arc-en-Ciel, as well as of Unsa, which they consider subservient to the management.

“Deviates the very role of representatives”

This situation "

prevents other trade unions from being able to properly defend employees, which distorts the very role of staff representatives

", deplores Guillaume Gobet.

However, within Orpea, “

any employee who will claim their rights, or any behavior likely to harm the profitability of the company, such as demanding additional protections for residents, runs the risk of being sanctioned

” , according to the trade unionist.

And if an employee summoned for a sanction is defended by the CGT, he is automatically dismissed

,” says Guillaume Gobet.

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Regardless of the complaints that could soon be filed in criminal proceedings, the CGT had also already initiated, even before the publication of the "

Gravediggers

", civil legal proceedings to "

challenging the representativeness and therefore the legitimacy

" of the Arc-en-Ciel union. , explained Etienne Margot-Duclot, the lawyer in charge of this file.

At first instance, the CGT was dismissed by the Nanterre court, "

for formal reasons

", but the case must be examined in the coming months by the Versailles Court of Appeal.

Source: lefigaro

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