A strike "
scheduled for 72 hours renewable
" began Tuesday on the two sites of the manufacturer of additives for lubricants Lubrizol in Seine-Maritime, union representatives told AFP on Wednesday.
A total of 150 people are on strike at the Oudalle sites, near Le Havre (260 employees), and Rouen (418 employees), both of which are "
at a standstill
", and no longer ship products. , according to the unions at the initiative of this movement, the CGT and the CFDT.
The president of Lubrizol France, Isabelle Striga, confirmed to AFP that "
since the start of the strike, our production units have been shut down and made safe
".
A demand for a 7% wage increase
“
I am disappointed and misunderstood at the level of the method used.
I find it a shame to come to this for a company that has fought so hard over the past three years
, “added the manager, recalling that the strike was “
not a usual practice at Lubrizol
”.
“
We are asking for a 7% increase
” in wages to “
compensate for inflation
”, Thierry Rolland, secretary of the CGT Lubrizol Oudalle union, told AFP, who believes he is “
in the same situation as the movement for refineries
”.
On the Rouen site where "
there is no product release
", according to Réginald Sauvalle, CFDT Lubrizol Rouen delegate, it is "
a historic strike movement
" on this site which had "
never been touched by a strike action
.
"
Historically, we have always had annual increases slightly above inflation
," said Réginald Sauvalle.
For her part, Isabelle Striga argued that the company had granted "
a general increase of 3.6% on July 1, 2022
" as well as "
individual salary increases
", i.e. "
in total, an increase of 5%
" .
"
I also announced, before the start of the strike, the payment with the November salary of a bonus for sharing the value of 1000 euros for salaries below 3 smic and 750 euros for salaries at above 3 smic excluding the leaders
”, she continued.
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It was in this factory that 10,000 tonnes of chemicals went up in smoke in a serious fire in September 2019, causing enormous soot fallout on the five surrounding departments and posing the threat of significant long-term health effects. term.