"Our artisans are starting to return to private individuals." Patrick Liebus, president of Capeb, the employers' union for building crafts, is relieved. A little. For building craftsmen, the individual is a strategic issue.
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"This type of client represents two thirds of our activity" , explains Patrick Liebus. The building craftsmen, very numerous since 95% of companies in the sector have less than 10 employees, work little with large public or private contractors. Suffice to say that the situation was critical when the doors of houses and apartments closed with containment. "Individuals have been very reluctant to bring people from outside their families into their homes and this is quite normal," analyzes the director.
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Little by little, the workers began to return to the building sites when the owners were absent. Or in areas where the pandemic is less virulent. "Today, about half of
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