ArcelorMittal workers show in Paris to “stop” the social plan | EUROtoday

A number of hundred workers of ArcelorMittal from throughout France gathered on Tuesday within the Paris area, to place stress on the French management of the steelmaker. The latter plans to take away greater than 600 positions and begins discussions on the contours of this social plan.

“We came to demonstrate our dissatisfaction, we do not understand the 600 layoffs”advised AFP Francis Carru, of essentially the most threatened Dunkirk web site, in entrance of the doorway to the French headquarters, which had fortress tunes, with dozens of CRS in entrance. He says he fears ” For [son]employment and future jobs »fearing a site closure, pure and simple.

“Mittal carries the identical coverage in all places: he doesn’t make investments, harvests public support in billions and pays dividends to its shareholders”estimated Fabien Segaud, union representative at the central social and economic committee of Aperam, the stainless steel subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, who came from Gueugnon (Saône-et-Loire) ” maintain “ his colleagues from Hauts Fourneaux.

Gaétan Lecocq, of the CGT of ArcelorMittal Dunkirk, called in the processions of the May 1st to take advantage of the CSE Central summoned on Tuesday, the first round of negotiations, to mobilize against a “Industrial, social tsunami” future. “We completely refuse this PSE [plan de sauvegarde de l’emploi] »»he advised AFP, wishing “Do everything to stop the process”. Employees got here on Tuesday from Dunkirk (North), but in addition from Florange (Moselle), Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône), Basse-Indent (Loire-Atlantique) or Luxembourg.

A proposal for the nationalization regulation submitted

“ArcelorMittal is in the train, clearly, to organize the relocation of production for years, and here we are faced with an emergency, it is really a question of weeks”stated the deputy (Seine-Saint-Denis, LFI) Aurélie discovered, who tabled the identical morning a proposal for the nationalization of ArcelorMittal.

“The question posed is the existence of the steel industry in this country, quite simply, (…) We have no assurance that Ercelor is satisfied with the job cuts that he has just announced ”added his colleague (Seine-Saint-Denis, LFI) Eric Cocquerel, who came to support the metallos.

“It is not possible to think about that France now not produces metal”he added, asking the steelmaker a “Very clear roadmap”. The secretary general of the CFDT, Marylise Léon, estimated on Tuesday at the microphone of Franceinfo, “That at this stage it’s essential to droop this PSE and request accounts from ArcelorMittal (…) on what has been made from all of the aids poured to this firm, which [s’élèvent] at over 300 million euros ”.

Pending decarbonation

At the guts of the upkeep of a metal business in France, the pursuit of the group’s decarbonation tasks or not. At the top of 2024, ArcelorMittal suspended his last funding decision-up to 1.8 billion euros, together with greater than 800 million support promised by the State-to decarbonize the dunkirk excessive stoves, arguing the non-compliance of the metal produced in Europe.

After higher outcomes than anticipated within the first quarter, ArcelorMittal put stress on the European Commission, requesting an utility ” fast “ From the European plan for metal to regain competitiveness, earlier than asserting whether or not or not invests.

During a gathering with worker representatives and elected officers, final Tuesday, the Minister of Industry, Marc Ferracci, additionally expressed his intention to “Ask the European Commission to move forward to restore the acceptable economic conditions for the production of steel in Europe”in response to the ministry.

But the large investments within the decarbonation of metal in France are already buried, estimates Gaëtan Lecocq: “There were five jobs that were[volu]s to the new high -voltage line between the Gravelines nuclear power plant and our factory in Dunkirk ”to prepare the connection of a future electric oven, and “These 5 jobs are deleted” he says.