Seven of the nine factories of the group, which has just concluded a sale of 80 burst for 17 billion euros, were blocked, Thursday.
Le Monde with AFP
Dassault Aviation workers blocked seven of the nine factories in France of the Aeronautics and Armament Group, Thursday, December 9, claiming a rise in wages. According to the CGT, the factories concerned were in Biarritz, Saint-Cloud, Seclin, Biard, Argonay, Martignas-sur-Jalles and Argenteuil. In the latter, where is made a part of the Falcon aircraft fuselage and the burst, nearly 200 employees stopped the work and blocked the site.
Highlight “A full order book”, the unions claim a wage upgrade of 200 euros net per month on the base salary amounting to 1,700 euros. Damien Jouanne, CGT delegate, explains the reasons for the social movement, the first of this importance since 2000:
“Today, there is a dissatisfaction with the workers, the small hands. The order book is full. There are already fifteen years of work, in addition to this is the new contract. There is no At Airbus that there are so many commands. “
” Every airplane coming out of the factory, it’s 100 million “
The contract is the sale, signed a week ago, from 80 Rafale combat aircraft to the United Arab Emirates for a sum that is expected to reach 17 billion euros for the entire contract.
“We have always delivered the planes on time, but today, we have anger. There is work and money at Dassault, but our CEO prefers to gover shareholders,” said Emmanuel Dumoulin, another inquired trade unionist at the CGT. “It’s us who do the planes, not them.”
One of these “small hands” is Olivier, 29, questioned by AFP at this day of strike. With its 1,750 euros net, it “wins too much to have social housing but not enough to access the private park”, then he lives at his parents.
“When I went home Dassault, I thought it was the best business in the world, but it’s not too much the case. We find ourselves sometimes to chew the tools instead of buying new, then that every airplane coming out of the factory is 100 million. “