Auchan and Carrefour, sit-in in front of the Embassy of the employees … – The Messenger

Banners, flags and megaphones. E ‘game Saturday the first (of many) of demonstrations outside the French Embassy in Piazza Farnese. Taking to the road the staff which operates in the employ of the French groups Auchan and Carrefour against the reorganization plan proposed by the two groups.

“Auchan and Carrefour, along with other business entities of large multinational distribution of the mold (eg Media World, Zara and Ikea) that are part of Federdistribuzione – reads a note of trade unions – have in fact decided to quit Confcommercio to define a specific contract for large retailers. The intention is clear: on the one hand greatly reduce the cost of labor, the other the significant use of labor flexibility. “

We are in the streets to shout our opposition to decisions that affect the fate of the approximately 300 workers involved at the regional level and their families, say the protesters. The protest coincides with the strike of the entire work shift: a protest called nationwide which will add an additional 8 hours of absence from work with mode programmed at the regional level.

But it is also the French group with an unusual manner, to intervene in the day with a long press to defend the recovery plan. Serves to return a profit to save at least 10,000 jobs, is the message that launches in a nutshell, the chairman and chief executive, Patrick Espasa. “Our plan of action is to be structural and deep to regain our leadership and the positive net profit as soon as possible, by 2017. I think the relaunch of Italy, the third country in Europe and the 11th richest in the world, and Also the potential of the South where there is half of our hypermarkets, and I intend to save 10,000 jobs and participate in the development of the country “, he said recalling that the turnover of the company has been reduced by 3.2 billion euro in 2010 to 2.6 billion in 2014 year in which the losses were registered share 112,000,000. Are ten, in fact, the regions affected by the dismissal procedure put up by Auchan: only in the South have been declared about 700 redundancies, of which about 270 hypermarkets in Sicily, more than 200 in Campania, Puglia and almost 100 150 in between Abruzzo and Sardinia.
             
             
                         
         

             Saturday, May 9, 2015, 21:43 – Last Updated: 23:33
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