France, Alternative Libertaire AL #248 - Union
repression: Guilty of being trade unionists (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation]
The case of Charlie is also an opportunity for some to clean recalcitrant among trade
unionists, like Bombardier Valenciennes. At the station, however, it's a long story, which
has recently seen new twists. ---- While the Spanish State, with the "gag law", is about
to bring out his old demons of Franco's wardrobes by criminalizing the social movement,
this side of the Pyrenees employers can not rest. Many trade unionists are victims of a
threat of dismissal or worse, are revoked. Objective: prevent them from exercising their
union activities. ---- Employers fabrications ---- Karim Khatabi, South delegate the
Bombardier plant in the region of Valenciennes and secretary of the HSC is threatened with
dismissal by the Canadian company. What was criticized? Not to be "Charlie" in the sense
of the "box". Local and national press has seized on the case announcing his dismissal.
But the truth turned out much different employers and media fabrications. Following a
spontaneous exchange in workshops in the January events involving its origins, the box
took the opportunity to destroy his role unionist and get rid of the activist denounces
the amalgam. Laid off January 8th until the labor inspectorate gives notice that seem
favorable, Karim saw accused of "praising terrorism".
But it is the tree that hides the forest because Karim as staff representative on the HSC,
had close non-compliant paint booths that endangered the factory painters involving Carsat
(case of pension and occupational health insurance). Bombardier, with an empty folder,
decided to destroy Karim and shows, again, how employers can fire any string to establish
its unhealthy power. The company had also attempted end of 2014, to oppose the
distribution of the leaflet Solidarity against the extreme right.
Post it, is no longer hidden. She dismisses or revoke clearly for militant activities.
January 9, Yann Le Merrer, active member of Sud PTT in the Hauts-de-Seine, was dismissed
for his trade union activities. This is the first case to the Post, revocation of a staff
union made since 1951. The private company is accused of breaking into institutions and to
take the floor following a movement support to victims of agents precarious status.
The IFNU against strikers
But the examples of layoffs or sanctions abound throughout the country, it is the case of
a departmental secretary South Touraine dragged before the Court of Appeal of Orleans to
charges of public insult to the director regional in the union newspaper. For several
years, the Post has made a habit of disturbing silence any militant activity: in 2005, in
Begles, near Bordeaux, fourteen activists who denounced reorganization, had been sent by
post and had been the IFNU es dragged before the Criminal Court for alleged kidnapping.
Since then, the Post Office, which has repeatedly cut in the wage bill by claiming a
decline in traffic in which it participates by developing adjacent services, strives to
silence all dissenting voices. Always in search of profit, the company wields the stick
with unbridled zeal to destroy any trade union struggle.
More and more trade unionists are attacked es by fighting bosses who feels free from any
act. In any case these attacks will curb the self-organization of workers, on the
contrary, they only strengthen the resolve to weigh in the balance of power and
intensifying struggles.
Z. Marollen (AL Saint-Denis)
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