France’s CFE-CGC union has urged President Francois Hollande to come up with “concrete” job solutions as PSA Peugeot-Citroen shows no sign of amending its plans to slash up to 8,000 posts.
The labour body – along with several other French unions – met Hollande in Paris last week to underline to the Head of State their collective opposition to PSA’s move, which will also see its plant at Aulnay close.
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“The CFE-CGC estimates this plan does not allow for the commitment given by PSA management of ‘no redundancies without job solutions,’ a statement from the union said.
“Moreover, it does not present coherent planning putting forward first the possibility of studying the re-industrilisation of the Aulnay site, the efforts of the different players – PSA, State, region, departement, social partners – being not co-ordinated.
“The staff will not understand losing even more time in a distressing situation of constant anxiety.”
PSA is pointing to the report recently issued by independent expert, Emmanuel Sartorius, at the government’s request, highlighting the automaker’s “chronic under-utilisation” of its plants as the economic crisis sweeping Europe and France shows no immediate sign of abating.
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By GlobalData“Sartorius recognises there should be some restructuring,” a PSA spokeswoman told just-auto from Paris. “He recognised we were in a difficult position.”
