Blockade of a subcontractor of PSA Aulnay

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If car manufacturers were hard hit by the crisis, it is the same for their subcontractors. Which could be the soft touch of the plan for automobile implemented by government and manufacturers.

It is in this extremely tense as the CGT subcontractor automotive MA France in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the Paris region, called the employees Wednesday to block the plant. The origin of their action and they want to protest against "the will of PSA to recover a portion of production in favor of its own factories."

Remember that the site of France in Aulnay MA, ex-Magnetto Automotive is a factory stamping sheet metal car.

If the direction of A. France told news agencies to be unaware of the strike, a spokesman for PSA has also wished to clarify that it was expected "any transfer of activity since MA France.

However, if we believe Adelkarim Dehak, CGT union representative MA France, PSA would move 30 to 40% of production at the site for its plants in Poissy (Yvelines) and Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine ). His goal? Y "maintain employment in accordance with commitments made to the State", as the union representative.

But such measures directly affecting employment in the sub-contractor, may even lead to a decrease of employment close to 50% on a workforce of 360 persons golbal.

"Part of our machines is for PSA, we are located in the heart of PSA Aulnay and we work almost exclusively for SAP," says Adelkarim Dehak. But the commitments made by PSA with the government only to their employees .... even though the subcontractors.

To recall, the government announced in early February the assistance of 7.8 billion euros in aid for the automotive crisis, including 6 billion of loans at preferential rates for Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroen. Counterparties: Commitments on maintaining production in France.

"The situation is the same in other companies in automotive subcontracting, we also intend to unite our efforts and joint action, on Friday before the PSA headquarters in Paris", also said the union.

Mr. Dehak, nearly 3,000 to 4,000 jobs are threatened in the long term, in all sub-contractors, the equivalent number of persons employed at the plant of PSA Aulnay, he says ...

In early February, employees of several auto suppliers (Continental, Faurecia, Lear ...) have called for a moratorium on job cuts or a better compensation for partial unemployment, after announcing a plan of 7.8 billion 'EU aid to the automobile sector.
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