Paris (AFP)

The CGT, CFDT, CFE-CGC and SUD unions of the Renault technical center in Lardy (Essonne) denounced on Monday the "increasing pressure on employees to push them to leave" while management had committed on a voluntary departure plan.

"Renault does not ensure a professional future for its employees and invites them to look elsewhere," denounced Florent Grimaldi, secretary general of the CGT Renault-Lardy.

With the other unions, he denounces the "outsourcing" of 27 employees, including 17 from the Lardy site, forced to leave Renault to join one of the many subcontractors working on the technocentre.

"The management can send us in a small box without our having our say. The message is to say that it is better to leave with the collective agreement break (RCC) and a small bonus", estimated Florent Grimaldi.

Renault's restructuring plan provides for the elimination of 2,500 engineering jobs through early retirement or an RCC open until next fall.

But "the volunteers are not jostling to leave," said Florent Grimaldi.

In March, only 300 candidates to leave had come forward, according to the unions.

Philippe, one of the employees concerned by the outsourcing, saw the situation as "a betrayal, a stab in the back".

Returned to Renault at 19 and with 36 years of seniority, he now says he no longer knows where he is.

"I have more of a diamond in my heart than anything else, I have a passion for the automobile in me. But today I am completely unmotivated and the attitude of the management which swings us overnight. the unknown is very difficult to live with, ”he said.

The inter-union also denounced the elimination of positions of certain employees, invited to apply elsewhere in the company when there are not enough offers.

"At Lardy we have 158 positions deleted over the year 2020 for about 23 positions available for mobility", detailed Florent Grimaldi.

"We do not tell you that you are at the door but the only way that we show you is the RCC", denounced Hélène, an employee whose position was abolished.

A day of walkout is scheduled for May 20 at several sites in France, including that of Lardy.

At the end of May 2020, Renault announced a plan to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in France.

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