Goodyear sentenced for the unfair dismissal of 832 ex-employees in Amiens

• In January 2014, Goodyear closed its factory in Amiens and laid off 832 employees.
• The industrial tribunal declared that the dismissals were "without valid economic reason".
• The American tire giant has been sentenced and will have to pay damages.

The American tire giant Goodyear was condemned this Thursday by the industrial tribunals of Amiens, in the Somme, for the unfair dismissal of 832 of its former employees of its factory in Amiens-North we learned from consistent sources. The site, closed in January 2014, then employed 1,143 people.

This conviction for "dismissal without valid economic reason" was hailed as a "huge victory" by the employees' lawyer, Master Fyodor Rilov. For its part, management took "note" of this judgment and indicated "reserve the right to appeal".

At the so-called tiebreaker hearing on January 28, which around 550 people attended, Mr. Rilov insisted on the global operating profits of the Goodyear group, which at the time amounted to 1.7 billion dollars.

"A victory that gives us back our dignity"

He had considered this affair as "emblematic of the refusal of workers to let themselves be crushed during the dismantling of their work tool while their employer makes colossal profits".

“I am happy and proud of the victory obtained today. It will not give work to those who have stayed on the side of the road, will not restore social and human tragedies. […] But it is a victory that gives us back our dignity in the face of a multinational company that despised and humiliated us, ”said Evelyne Becker, former CGT delegate for the company, before the court where only some employees had surrendered. "Above all, this victory will allow us to move on to something else."

The total amount of damages to be paid was not immediately available. The industrial tribunal nevertheless asked for a provisional execution of this judgment, according to Me Rilov.

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