Carrefour Confirmed Dismissal Of 95 employees i Five points Sale of Torinese, a Moncalieri, Grogliasco, Collegiate, get out e Brulo. Today, 700 people are working in these centers. So the French multinational’s planned cuts concern about a seventh of its workforce.
An alternative plan proposed by the unions was rejected by company representatives. The redundancies, which have already been corrected a month ago, will become effective by the end of the year. But the news is that Carrefour is firing while suffering at the same time. Shortage of staff.
Blame the unions
“In the minutes of the procedure for the dismissal of 95 workers, Carrefour says everything and contradicts everything,” alleged Luca Sanna of the Uiltucs union. “The company declares that 95 workers is too many from Monday to Friday, but at the same time it complains about being understaffed on Sundays”.
Unions have suggested Carrefour retain its workforce. Sunday shifts.so that work can be divided. But “Carrefour prefers instead to encourage exits, offering those who agree to leave financial aid that will be incorporated into Naspi. In practice, the Community bills this industrial policy. It’s not good,” Sana added.
The issue should still concern fifteen employees, because – as Carrefour explained – around eighty workers have already said they are willing to leave under the proposed terms. However, Uiltucs disagrees: with this solution “the company empties the supermarkets of staff. Those who remain will have to work harder”, Sana alleged. The ball now goes to him. Piedmont region which will have to find the square. You still have 30 days to find a solution before the termination takes effect.
Carrefour’s position
“Faced with a complex economic context characterized by a prolonged contraction in consumption, Carrefour Italia is taking further organizational measures to guarantee the long-term sustainability of activities in the Turin region,” the French multinational announced. can be given”. In practice, the cuts will be necessary so as not to jeopardize the continued existence of the group’s supermarkets in the area.
Parliamentary Question
Marco GrimaldiK Deputy Group Leader Greens-Left Alliance In the chamber, he posed a question on the matter: “The company complains of lack of staff on Saturdays and Sundays, all because it did not accept the union’s proposal that they want to work on Sundays. Or increase the weekly hours of part-time contract employees who asked for it. Instead of encouraging the exodus – Grimaldi says – the company should put those resources into Sunday shifts.
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A year ago Carrefour requested the layoffs of around 1,000 employees in Piedmont, 850 of them in the province of Turin. 20% of hours worked measure. “The unfavorable dynamics of the market, now structural, have necessitated further intervention with the introduction of mobility procedures in the province”, states Carrefour, which reiterates its commitment to “social participation To implement the plan in continuous dialogue with stakeholders, identifying common and sustainable solutions with the aim of minimizing social impacts”.
The hope is that Carrefour’s proposed 95 layoffs may follow the same course announced by Berco, a Thyssenkrupp group company, which recently withdrew collective layoff procedures related to Between the Coparo (Ferrara) plants were 480 employees. and Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso). Unions are at work.
