And it is already declining in many developed countriesStrike hardFixed ambition is high Nicolas Sarkozy wants to strike hardThe result of the discussion is expected backUnless the Parliament is the double speedBaudouin Prot is much to this distinctionOn the year the firm IDC anticipates a decline of 1Polls are fleeting grudges are tenacious4 billion of dollars of aid promised in 2007Such a level of excellence is not improvisedI thedo so with conviction and enthusiasmMartine Aubry "angry", Olivier Besancenot "outraged", the Government "concerned"... Is this a new Michelin case that starts Ten years after a wave of job losses that caused a violent polemic, the world number one of the tire confirmed yesterday a new restructuring of its French activities. A key, the disappearance of 1.093 positions across three sites. One of them, that of Noyelles-lès-Seclin, near Lille, expected to close in mid-2010. The cost of these measures should be similar to that of the closure of Toul, two years ago, namely EUR 130 million, said Jean - Dominique Senard, number two of the group.
However, this is only a part of the project. In parallel, Michelin indeed committed a voluntary departures to the retirement plan, open this time to all French employees of the Group of eligible age. Branch table on the departure of about 1,800 people in this framework in three years. All will not be overwritten. "This movement could lead to the disappearance of 500 to 600 additional positions," explains Jean-Dominique Senard. In total, it is therefore nearly 1,700 positions that could be deleted, especially in factories, out of a total of 25,000 employees in France.
A fairly massive reduction, but that is the least brutal possible. "We want to avoid dismissal and will find ways to achieve", assures Jean-Dominique Senard. In the three plants affected by the first component of the plan, 495 people could leave retirement and 598 move within the group, according to the Directorate. Which leaves the doubtful unions. Lille employees accept really move to Clermont-Ferrand, as suggested them At the same time, Michelin has deploy a "revitalization"plan"in areas affected by these measures.
"Delay of competitiveness".
The objective, it is clear. "For a long time, our French factories had a delay of competitiveness against other European sites, says the Manager of the group." It is a structural problem that the crisis did confirm. It was time to leave. "How Turning units found to be too small, too little profitable as Noyelles-lès-Seclin, and focusing resources on the other. Thus, very high tire range activity that was conducted in part at Noyelles-lès-Seclin, will be "grouped" on the site of the Gravanches, Clermont-Ferrand. In the same logic, Montceau-les-Mines is going to abandon one of its activities, the tires of entry-level cars, to specialize more in those intended for civil engineering, with 50 million euros of investment. The played-lès-Tours, plant it, will focus on the tyres for heavy goods vehicles; its workshop of mixtures of gum will be transferred to Montceau-les-Mines and Cholet.
"Windfall effect."
In the end, "this plan should allow to improve the competitiveness of the sites preserved, which will have a greater load of work 15-20, said Jean-Dominique Senard." They catch and up the level of our best European factories, which will ensure their continuity. "A speech which does not satisfy everyone. "Michelin takes advantage of the crisis to initiate projects that were in long drawers, critical Carlos Moreira, of the CGT. It is a windfall effect. They speak to keep industry in France, but they are building a factory in Serbia and another in Hungary...
