“I am 50 years old, I have been an order picker for 17 years, Nacira gets carried away.
We gave everything, gave everything for our work and we are kicked out like rats.
I'm mad !
The fifty-year-old is not the only one to be at the end of the line.
This Tuesday, around 10 a.m., one of his colleagues and representative of the staff of H&M tried to set himself on fire, in the Le Bourget warehouse blocked since the beginning of October by company employees, to protest against the closure of the depot and the elimination of 153 non-temporary jobs.
According to the first elements, the man sprayed himself with gasoline but fortunately did not commit the fatal act.
Help arrived quickly on the scene to take care of the victim.
About thirty people were present.
Police also attended the scene.
"With the strike, he couldn't take it any longer," says Gemina Mehiaoui, CGT union representative on this site, which is H & M's only warehouse in France.
"He was completely soaked in gasoline"
“This morning, we had a negotiation meeting in which I took part,” relates the trade unionist. It related to supralegal bonuses (
as part of the job protection plan
). My colleague was particularly calm, although he is usually very present and engaged in the discussions. There, on the contrary, I even saw him mumble all alone, almost lying in his seat. "
And to continue his testimony: “At one point, he left the room but I did not see him leave. We then heard
boom
from a stone thrown against a window pane. We all went to see. Our colleague was taking a bottle to spray himself with gasoline, he wanted to immolate himself. Fortunately, we all got out, we ran, and several people managed to run up to him to stop him. He was completely soaked in gasoline. "
Supported by the firefighters, the man was transported to the Avicenne University Hospital, in Bobigny, for treatment.
“An employee has just heard from him by phone.
He seems to have very sore eyes, specifies Gemina Mehiaoui, at the start of the afternoon.
Everyone is in a state of stress, we are very shocked.
"
