Nearly 200 employees of the company TAÏS, a subsidiary of Veolia, demonstrated Thursday in front of the headquarters of the leader in water and waste in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) against the project "
of outsourcing waste collection
"For the benefit of subcontractors, announced the CGT.
"
This project aims to make us change collective agreement and depend on that of transport instead of the national agreement of waste activities
", assures AFP Ali Chaligui, CGT delegate at TAÏS Ile-de-France, subsidiary of Veolia Environmental Services.
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"
We would go from 16 euros an hour to 10 euros and a 35-hour week to 39 hours,
" he added.
“
Our job is difficult.
We work at night, we manage industrial waste and they want to downgrade us.
A year ago, garbage collectors were essential and now we are no longer,
”he criticizes.
In a press release, the CGT believes that "
Veolia wants to increase its profits by using the lever of social regression
".
Asked by AFP, Veolia ensures that "
there will be no job loss
".
“
Employees will have the choice of whether or not to work for subcontractors,
” adds the French group.
According to the CGT, the management of Veolia hopes to transfer 151 employees to subcontractors and has started negotiations for a voluntary departure plan.
