"More pressure on the workers"

The Setca estimates that the bonus of 500 euros offered to workers of Carrefour who would leave in early retirement and follow training for a trade in shortage, is a measure " electioneering ". " The agreement between the management and the unions was completely legal, we did not need the 500 euros, it puts extra pressure on the workers, it's simply political recovery ", says Myriam Delmée, Vice-President of the Setca

Federal Minister of Employment Kris Peeters announced Monday morning on Radio 1 that Carrefour was willing to provide additional financial means for its workers brought to leave the company benefiting from the unemployment scheme with additional company. Beyond the 2,500 euros foreseen in the restructuring plan for the outplacement of the workers leaving for the pre-pension, it is now also a question of a maximum amount of 500 euros if they engage in a formation for a trade in shortage.

"Political gestures"

In the restructuring plan, it was now a question of allowing some 600 workers to benefit from a system of unemployment with supplement of company (previously the pre-pension), limiting the number of job losses to 950 (instead of the 1,233 originally planned).

" We denounce today this new interference of the government in the social dialogue. " This last " landed in the negotiation and makes sure that the social plan reinforces the outplacement aspect for departures in RCC (but on the other hand does not provide anything for voluntary departures) denounces the union. " All these political gestures around the social plan of Carrefour only disturb the workers in their choice.What could make it necessary, if the number of candidates to the RCC is not sufficient, the recourse to dry redundancies ", he regrets again.

For its part, the Flemish Christian Union LBC said" can only be satisfied "with regard to the fact that Carrefour is ready to provide additional financial means for the workers who would leave in the RCC, but as long as the social plan is fully implemented.