Camif: “It is known well that will not change anything”

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Camif

Employees of particular Camif, placed in compulsory liquidation, expressed today in Paris, in company of Ségolene Royal.

“It is a last-ditch struggle. It is known well that will not change anything.” Coming straight from Niort by buses, 230 paid of Camif moved in Paris this Friday to express, under a threatening sky, owe the ministry for the Economy. ( Finance Information City )

“One is there to dispute the dismissal of 1.600 paid of particular Camif, a division of our company, explains Bruno Texier of FO. A financing of the State is hoped for since Sarkozy is able to give money to the banks.” At its sides, a distinguished guest: Ségolène Royal. A presence which does not give pleasure with the demonstrators inevitably. “It is Camif, it is not Ségolene!” some of them shout while moving towards the ministry, in the general indifference.

Segolene Royal, one not expressing like the others

The star of this beginning of manif, it is the president of the Poitou-Charente area. In echo with the trade unionist, it “invites the government to help Camif as he did with the banks. It is inadmissible. It is necessary that 1.500 employment is saved. That Sarkozy stops lying. That is enough to put billion in the banks. The bankers will continue to earn money. Whereas there are people who are with unemployment.”

While she answers the questions of the journalists, the employees of Camif continue their walk with the cries of “Not with the dismissals” and whistles. Royal will join them later ten minutes. Isabelle, forty, came to support her husband. She also works in the company, but in another division, Camif habitat. “One hopes to obtain under preventing that our company dies. All these unemployed should be avoided. Luc Chatel [the Secretary of State in charge with Industry and Consumption, ndrl] proposes formations to us. It is well. But one makes what in eight month?”

“That is there, I am unemployed”

At his sides, Dominique, her husband, seems cut down. He learned his dismissal Monday: “That is there, I am unemployed. I do not know at all what I will do now. Niort, it is a town of 70.000 inhabitants. Ca will be hard to find work for all that people. One took a cap on the corner of the figure. One does not know what will be done our future.”

CRS mass under the building of the ministry to prevent that the demonstrators do not approach any. At the same moment, a meeting is held between the leaders of the company, the trade unions and of the members of the ministry. The demonstrators face CRS. They continue to launch their slogan. Without animosity. Environment is calm. Cordial. ( Camif )

Jean-Marie is not yet with unemployment. “I will receive my letter of dismissal very soon, explain it, the sad air. Separately to come to express here, we do not have any capacity. It is known very well that the company will close, that the wool will be mowed. What can one face a company which closes? One wants just to say to the others paid to remain waked up, because, today, it is our company which is in difficulty. And soon, that can be theirs. It is necessary that they are vigilant!”

He offusque step of the presence of Ségolène Royal: “It is for two reasons. Already, because this closing relates to its area. It is interdependent.” And the second? “When one sees the media raout which surrounds it, one knows very well why it is there”, slips it with a wink.