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Charleroi
The announcement fell like a cleaver this morning: the 190 workers at the Helio-Charleroi printing plant in Fleurus are at risk of falling on the straw.
In question, the management who asks the Commercial Court to make an admission of bankruptcy. Because of this, the workers could be deprived of their last salary, and the help that an employer should normally give to their workers during mbadive layoffs.
"We will block the factory at the end, until the decision of the Commercial Court," said Marc Moreau of the CSC, at the end of a general meeting of workers in common with the Setca. "The printing works is part of a large group, and the shareholder will have to open his wallet to at least pay the last salaries …"
In the meantime, morale is in the socks. "We do not believe it too much," admits the unionist. "But there is still a small hope of recovery, the tool is modern, the equipment is up-to-date, the sector is complicated, but if those between the ages of 50 and 60 have to reconvert, it will be even more so."
On site, Didier, blocking in front of burning pallets at the entrance of the factory, offers us a ride around the factory: "you know, it's been more than 30 years I started working here in 86. When I started, the Dupuis editions printed their Spirou numbers here, we were doing meetings at the hotel in Gosselies, and the boss could not believe the money. We did it, it turned out very well, then the new Dutch shareholder bought and completely looted us, there are some people with shares in the company who got rich on our backs. and there we are told that we stop everything, it is scandalous. "
At the bend of a corridor that connects the "small" machines (three 2.45m presses) to the "big ones" (two 4,32m presses), Didier explains that a year ago, in January 2018, he has itself helped to modernize the facilities. "The director put 3 million euros on the table to renovate one of our older machines, putting a robot in. We were then asked to reduce our working time, for example by stopping coming on weekends. , it went downhill until the announcement this morning … while we are one of the best printing companies in Europe 4.32 (rotary, NdlR), there is almost none in the world, it's a real jewel here in Fleurus! The whole thing cost more than 100 million euros, and we want to leave everything in the plan like that, overnight … While there is all the staff, trained and efficient ? No no."
Gilbert and Pascal can only agree with their colleague. "In 2011, they fired 72 people, we realized that it would be the descent into hell, in 2014 we were asked for more flexibility in our schedules, what we accepted to keep our jobs. want to stop everything overnight, and leave 190 people, no, even 190 families, on the straw.This is a real social drama. "
For Didier, 53, the announcement hurts. "If he does not have a buyer, I'll never find a job again, I've worked all my life here, right out of school 32 years ago …"
On the spot, people are angry. And that's normal. "There are few printing companies in Belgium, finding elsewhere it will not be possible and reconverting everyone, especially the oldest, it will be very difficult", confirm the unions.
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