(en) France, Coordination of Anarchist Groups - Resistors
libertarian 2 - The Tefal affair: an illustration of the class
struggle (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
Rights trimmed, public service at a discount, some hierarchical pressures, some employers
pressures, a good dose of class justice ... The whole is mixed and gets the small local
grub Tefal. On October 16, 2015 in Annecy, an employee and a labor inspector will be
judged · e · s to criminal court for theft and concealment of documents belonging to the
Tefal company. A dirty trick saw the operation of this business and the collusion of local
actors to the detriment of the interest of the worker · is · s. Immersion in the
capitalist world ... ---- Origin of the case ---- Initially, employee unions · e · s of
the company Tefal, located in Rumilly (74) contact the labor inspectorate. Several facts
are in dispute, such as industrial accidents, the development of working time, or the
failure to comply with rules on sick leave. Suddenly, a labor inspector performs a check
in this business.
But the leadership of the box does not appreciate that sticks his nose in her business
smokers, and will therefore use the pressure.
of pressures ...
The management of Tefal will take advice from the Medef employers' association. She will
meet with a member of management of DIRECCTE1.. The employers do not ask unless a change
of use of the agent. In parallel, it tries to gain the support of the prefecture. After a
meeting between another oil DIRECCTE and direction of Tefal, the inspector dryly is
disavowed by his hierarchy. He is accused, wholesale, do its job and, therefore, to defend
the interests of workers. Following this psychological violence, the labor inspector is
placed on sick leave.
and unveiled ...
However, an employee of Tefal forward to the inspector documents showing the pressures she
suffered. Facing the blockage and inertia that opposes his hierarchy, the labor inspector
then grabbed the National Labour Inspection Council (CNIT). The latter gives him right. It
recognizes an attack on the independence of that person and tackle in passing its
hierarchy. The case resumes running.
class justice ...
The Inspector draws up a report, can finally conduct its investigations, and transmits the
information in its possession to the prosecutor of Annecy court. Tefal but management does
not intend to leave condemned for breach of labor law. She filed a complaint against the
employee and the inspector who dared get hold of its internal documents and turn them
against her. And what is the method? He decided to pursue the whistleblower and the
inspector, but not Tefal, of course!
... in capitalist society
This judge does not stop there: he shows that he is completely acquired the liberal and
anti-union ideas. He has endorsed the pressures of management Tefal saying that "we live
in a world of influence and communication." He blames the Labour Inspectorate, an
institution in which he said should be "clean", among the agent · e · s. Moreover, he
believes that the problem is with the unions: the inspectors "should not be able to
organize" 2.! Class against class!
But resistance is organized several trade unions (CNT, CGT, Solidaires ...) organize the
response for several months. With such a successful first mobilization, where over 500
people gathered in front of the court of Annecy on June 5 for a first hearing,
demonstrating to employers that do nothing and let go its willingness to cover-up did not
work. The rest remains to be written, a new mobilization is scheduled Friday, October 16
in Annecy, still in court at the postponement of the hearing. We firmly believe that this
mobilization must bear fruit, that the inspector was just doing his job by accepting the
documents the employee whistleblower has provided. We live in a system where it is the
pitching and whistleblowers and those that amplify that are pursued · e · s by employers
while it is itself which imposes its order, its division and justice class. Against it are
against the class struggle, solidarity among all and all oppressed · e · s, or that they
are salaried · e · s · e · s private employment or precarious, and demand that management
Tefal be heavily punished for his intimidation tactics and the failure to respect the
basic rights of workers.
Haute-Savoie Group
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1. Regional Directorate of businesses, competition, consumption, labor and employment.
2. About which can be found Humanity of 02/06/15.
http://www.c-g-a.org/motion/laffaire-tefal-une-illustration-de-la-lutte-des-classes
