They believe that their salaries do not keep up with the increase in the minimum wage, and demand a better hourly rate: about 150 employees of the Michelin site of Blavozy, in Haute-Loire, began a strike movement this Friday, November 19 at the call of the CGT. He runs until this Monday, 6 a.m.
– CGT Michelin
For a complete overhaul of the salary grid
The strikers demand an increase in hourly rates “because the minimum wage has increased but not our basic salary, argues Hervé Bancel, CGT Michelin delegate at Blavozy. In addition, there are six wage coefficients below the hourly minimum wage in our company. “ What put in difficulty many workers once the expenses of everyday life, fuel and energy included, paid. It is precisely the same situation that prompted plastics workers from Sainte-Sigolène to protest in October.
We are paid by bonuses, we want a higher base salary. Hervé Bancel, CGT Michelin delegate in Blavozy
Workers have to rely on bonuses to make ends meet. The situation is no longer tenable according to the CGT. The management of the Blavozy site received a delegation this Friday afternoon and meets on Monday to discuss the follow-up, but the real decision ultimately rests with the Clermont-Ferrand head office. According to the CGT, other Michelin sites located in Clermont and Monceau-les-Mines are following this strike movement.