"I regret the decision of the CGT in Sandouville" because this closure "is a decision that is bad for Sandouville" but also for Renault while the automobile industry is "in great difficulty", said the Minister of Economy Bruno The Mayor on BFM Business, in reaction to the court-ordered closure of the Renault factory in Sandouville, in Seine-Maritime.
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The reasons put forward by the CGT are "extraordinarily fragile"
According to Bruno Le Maire, the reasons put forward by the CGT are "extraordinarily fragile". While the Sandouville factory (Seine-Maritime) had resumed on April 28 thanks to a health protocol validated by the CFDT, CFE-CGC and FO, the Le Havre court, seized by the CGT, condemned last Thursday in summary proceedings Renault "to suspend the resumption of production" because it does not "ensure (...) worker safety", due to the presence of the coronavirus on French soil.
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This decision is "bad for the French nation"
"I consider that social dialogue was conducted in Sandouville, and that the health security conditions were met to reopen" the site, said Bruno Le Maire. "There are union officials today who are playing with fire, by not sufficiently encouraging employees to social dialogue and respect for the decisions that have been taken collectively," the minister added. Similar remarks to those that Valérie Pécresse had made on Europe 1 Sunday, during the Grand Rendez-vous
Bruno Le Maire finally judged that this decision was "bad for the French nation (...) when we want to relocate industrial activities".