The CGT dismissed. The administrative court of Rouen confirmed this Friday morning the legality of the requisition of personnel on the site of Esso-ExxonMobil in Port-Jérôme (Seine-Maritime), contrary to what the union claimed via a summary procedure.
The court did retain the “proportionate” nature of the requisitions, which were intended to “prevent the risk of harm to public order”, according to the decision, transmitted by the CGT lawyer.
This decision comes as the site concerned voted to end the strike this morning, pending a new meeting of employees at 2 p.m. to find out what action to take on the movement.
Recalling the “indisputable” freedom of the right to strike, CGT lawyer Emmanuel Gayat pleaded before the administrative court “the lack of consultation on the definitions of a minimum service” on the Port-Jérôme site, whose the depot was the first to be targeted by personnel requisitions on Wednesday. The refinery activity was not affected by the requisition.
According to the lawyer, “we chose the people from Exxon first, because there was a collective agreement signed by the majority unions. But it is discriminatory”.
The requisition, a “bullshit” for Martinez
The secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez, who came to support the striking employees of the Normandy site of Esso-ExxonMobil on Wednesday, who had announced the filing of this summary appeal against the requisitions of four staff and described as “bullshit”, the decision of the government. On Franceinfo, this Friday morning, the trade unionist persisted and confirmed that all of the prefectural requisition orders would be the subject of legal recourse.
According to the request consulted by AFP, the union considered that there was “urgency to suspend” the decree issued by the prefect of Seine-Maritime. “The contested act indisputably constitutes a serious attack on the fundamental freedom constituted by the exercise of the right to strike”, added the CGT.