The CGT Energie union announced this Wednesday in a press release the suicide, two days earlier, of an employee of the Maine-et-Loire electricity transmission network (RTE).

The 29-year-old man had participated in the Anjou network maintenance group in a strike action last spring;

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He was subsequently summoned to the police station in Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

Many emotional reactions

Like the other strikers heard by the police, the employee "had experienced this period of humiliation and then repression of all kinds very badly," said the CGT in its press release.

The union also mentioned a placement in police custody of the young man.

RTE, however, denied this information to Le

Monde

.

Shocked by the suicide of Mathieu Poli, RTE agent.



He was 29 years old, his life ahead of him.



Prosecuted for striking and fighting for wage increases!



With all my heart with his family, his comrades from the CGT and his colleagues.

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— Fabien Roussel (@Fabien_Roussel) October 18, 2022

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The disappearance of the employee aroused many emotional reactions.

Relaying the CGT press release on Twitter, the PCF National Secretary Fabien Roussel said he was "upset".

Mathilde Panot, LFI deputy for Val-de-Marne, spoke of a “drama” and added that “The strike is a constitutional right.

No one should be worried about that."

The strike is a constitutional right.



No one should be worried about that.



The death of Mathieu Poli is a tragedy.



Condolences to his family, colleagues and loved ones.

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— Mathilde Panot (@MathildePanot) October 18, 2022

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