The unions are mobilizing once morest the pension reform. Within clothing brands, staff representatives vigorously defend employment. Everywhere. Because the dismissal of the 2,100 employees of Camaïeu, the day following the closure of the 511 stores of the clothing brand, at the beginning of October 2022, created a shock wave. After spreading through malls and high streets, where shop workers care regarding their neighbours, it is now showing up on Facebook.
The social network is full of union and employee accounts, where Internet users discuss the state of health of their company. “Our leaders have not found the necessary funding for their offer”thus warns the CGT San Marina, in a post published on February 6. ” How sad “, answers one of the employees. Another prefers a photo of the sinking of the Titanic, to illustrate the risk of liquidation incurred by the shoe brand.
Also on Facebook, at the end of January, the CGT Pimkie published a figure: − 26% of turnover in December 2022 “over budget”before questioning “on the solutions that will find [les] future new shareholders to do better than the old ones”. The Mulliez, owners of the brand since its creation, decided to sell to a consortium of manufacturers. The latter are already planning to cut between 400 and 500 jobs and close 100 stores.
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The Camaïeu shock wave has also reached other subsidiaries of Financière immobilière bordelaise, which has held the clothing brand since July 2020. The elected officials of Gap and Go Sport are now demonstrating side by side. Saturday, February 4, in Paris, rue Tronchet, they were regarding thirty to block access to the Gap store. For two hours only, in order to limit the shortfall.
The employees of this American brand are worried regarding their fate, a few weeks following the sale of its 21 stores to Go Sport for 38 million euros. Those of the sporting goods brand (2,160 people) call on the public authorities to be vigilant during the process of selling Go Sport, placed in receivership on January 19.
The intersyndicale has requested talks with Fanta Berete, substitute deputy for Olivia Grégoire (Renaissance), deputy minister in charge of SMEs and trade, Fabien Roussel, deputy for the North and national secretary of the French Communist Party, François Ruffin, deputy (La France insoumise, LFI) of the Somme, and Elisa Martin, deputy (LFI) of Isère, department to which the sign belongs, whose head office is located in Sassenage.
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