In the metropolitan area, water management and distribution are provided by Eau du Grand Lyon, a subsidiary of Veolia, within the framework of a public service delegation.
As of January 1, 2023, they will be provided by a public agency set up by the Metropolis.
Worried about this changeover, many employees are on strike this Friday, June 18. The movement initiated by the inter-union CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT is very followed.
A delegation must be received in the metropolis at the end of the morning.
280 employees
“People are worried. We want to protect our social benefits obtained from a hard fight. We hope that this movement will accelerate the discussion with the Metropolis” said Dominique Darmon, representative of CFE-CGC. “I’ve been with Veolia for 30 years, this is the first time that executives have gone on strike,” he says.
“There were water cuts. There will surely be other disturbances” assures Jérôme Garèche, CFDT representative.
“We finally hope for a strong political commitment, that we resume all of our historic agreements which date back 10, 20, 30 years and that we do not have fun revising everything down and renegotiating everything. an, we have no precise answer “regrets the CFDT representative.
Eau du Grand Lyon has 280 employees.
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Veolia wants to “support this transition as best as possible”
“The most important thing for management was to ensure continuity of service,” notes Veolia for its part.
A requisition procedure was made to the prefecture. 26 employees were requisitioned to ensure any emergency intervention.
Veolia confirms that there is a water cut early this Friday morning but only on the building of the Metropolis of Lyon. The situation has been restored.
“We have confidence in the Metropolis to find common ground with the unions,” says Veolia, which wants to support this transition as well as possible. “For more than six months, we have had transfer protocol meetings to prepare for the contract transition,” says the company.
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