On Europe 1 on Saturday morning, Laurent Berger, the secretary general of the CFDT, returned to the announcement of the job cuts at the Bosch plant in Rodez.
For him, the management's decision is due to the health crisis, which has severely affected the aeronautics sector, and not to the failure of the agreement reached in 2018.
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Bosch will cut 750 jobs in its Rodez factory by 2025, or more than half of the factory's employees.
An "essential" decision according to management, a "betrayal" of the agreement reached in 2018 to keep jobs according to the employees.
Saturday morning on Europe 1, Laurent Berger refuted this thesis: "It is not a failure of the agreement, but we are suffering the consequences of this health crisis".
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"A catastrophe" in the aeronautical sector
In 2018, the factory which then manufactured diesel injectors suffered the backlash of the "Diesel Gate" scandal and declines in sales of diesel vehicles.
To keep jobs, the factory turned to the aeronautics sector.
"There have been investments to diversify into other activities and in particular to the aeronautics sector, but the health crisis has arrived," said Laurent Berger.
"In the aeronautics sector, what is happening is a disaster," he insisted.
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"You have to look reality in the face"
On Europe 1, Laurent Berger was fatalistic: "we must look reality in the face. Unfortunately we regret this situation, we live it hard. But above all we must not start to launch anathema, but rather try to find solutions for the territory, the employees and the future of the site ".
For its part, the management of the Bosch factory has affirmed its desire "to avoid forced departures" through early retirement and voluntary departures.
It expects the departure of 150 employees from 2021.