Yves Veyrier, the successor of Pascal Pavageau, will have to pacify the third union that has been tearing apart for several weeks.
He is a man of apparatus. Not the kind to harangue the crowds. The opposite of his predecessor, Pascal Pavageau says "PP the sulfator" who wanted to do battle with Emmanuel Macron. After two days of debate in a "knuckle atmosphere" according to a participant, Yves Veyrier was elected head of Force Ouvrière.
A victory (45.75%) gained in a handkerchief against two other candidates Christian Grolier (43.75%) close to the Trotskyists and Patrice Clos (10.9%) at the head of the transport federation representing the trend anarchist.
He arrives in minefield
At 60, this engineer of weather systems, born in Algeria on May 13, 1958, the day of the coup d'Alger, will need all his science to cope with heavy weather. "The burden will be heavy, but we are in shape, strong, determined," promised the new secretary general of FO. Is it so sure?
Yves Veyrier arrives on mined ground. The revelation by Le Canard chained from a file made by his predecessor left traces. And the wounds remain alive after the revelation of often offensive annotations contiguous to the names.
This case also looks like a settlement of accounts. "These are word files and there are three different versions , " says an internal source. Pascal Pavageau especially wanted to clean up the accounts. No taste of some executives.
Secured, unemployment insurance ...
On the union front, Yves Veyrier cites Social Security, unemployment insurance, public service elections and pension reform among his priority issues.
This close Jean-Claude Mailly indeed puts the emphasis on "the payroll". And refuses to join the demonstration organized by the CGT on December 1st. He also refuses to join the Federation of Transport FO in the movement of yellow vests. "No way we dissolve in there , " insists the new union leader.