The employees of Intermarché, in Saint-Louis, are angry … and make it known. Malika Bellahcene, Union Delegate Force Ouvrière (FO) and secretary of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) of the company who is to close in the coming weeks, says: “We have been negotiating three months. Initially, the Mousquetaire group agreed for the negotiations to be at the local level, a store concerned by store concerned. »»
And things advanced, sometimes in the right direction, for example on the terms of the reclassification leave. “It must be said that, if the average age is 44, 7 years old, we have many employees here who have been there from more than twenty-five to thirty, even forty years. A whole career! “And to underline:” There are therefore specificities that we had been able to defend … “
Force Ouvrière: “biased, unfair and dishonest negotiations”
But the management “returned to his word” in the final stretch of the negotiations and declared that the agreement on the job safeguard plan (PSE) would be done on a national scale, with all the sites that will close. The union therefore denounces “biased, unfair and dishonest negotiations”.
“Management had offered us a temporary activity stop (ATA), adds Pascal Pech, treasurer and full member of the CSE. We refused it, to continue giving the info to employees. We are the only store, among all those who have to close, to have stayed open. This allowed real solidarity between us, social cohesion. »»
The union claims this mentality of “refractory Gauls”, declares itself despite everything “force of proposal” since the announcement made by Intermarché, and denounces that management has “swept away from the back of the hand” all that was proposed, “including what would have been favorable to it”.
“Signature blackmail”
“We have been negotiating for three months for nothing … and we are imposed on a blackmail for this national agreement”, unfavorable to Ludovician employees, in particular with regard to the dozens of points defended at the local level.
“For example, we wanted an agreement on additional retirement, which we wanted to integrate the duration of the PSE, from nine to 14 months depending on the case, rather than the redemption of four quarters offered by management. It was yes, then no. “A step forward, one back,” summarize the trade unionists.
Employees say they are “sad that it happens like that, that management takes us by boat. We feel discredited. We’ve been there for years, we have always fought for our work! »»
Management: “Everything for employees to be accompanied as best as possible”
As for Jean Lahaye, CEO of the supermarket, and Sébastien Douhet, transitional manager, they simply indicate that “everything has been done so that the employees are accompanied as best as possible”.
At the beginning of April, the fifty employees of the Intermarché de Saint-Louis learned that their store was going to close. The Mousquetaires group, owner of the Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle store, announced the new 18 months only after the resumption of the former Géant Casino. Advanced reasons: too high charges, unsuitable trade policy or too large rents.
FO trade unionists of the site also noted that the previous owner, Casino, had not made the necessary investments for many years. With the result we know: the store, which has become intermarché, should know its last days this summer.