“A tsunami fell on us”, cowardly, distraught, Mireille (name has been changed), an employee of the intermunicipal mission united for employment (Mire). The atmosphere would be heavy within this local mission shared between Drancy, Le Blanc-Mesnil and Bobigny.
In recent weeks, the CGT has multiplied press releases to alert on the deterioration of the working conditions of the forty employees (most of them on permanent contracts) and the “scuttling” of the integration structure created in 1999. The union believes that a brutal management would have been in place since last summer. A version that the management of La Mire disputes. Its president, Grégory Chavaroc, elected in Drancy, evokes an “exemplary restructuring” which will not lead, he assures, to any dismissal.
Indeed, the antennas of Drancy and Blanc-Mesnil separate from that of Bobigny. The first two cities are held by the right and are part of the Paris Terres d’envol territory. The third, in the hands of the PCF, depends on Est Ensemble.
“For elected officials, there is a need to prepare for the future and to build something on their territory, analyzes Antoine Foti, secretary general of the local CGT union of Blanc-Mesnil, who has sat on the board of directors since 2016. of the local mission. Bobigny wants to manage its local mission with left-wing towns, and Drancy and Le Blanc-Mesnil to do the same with right-wing towns. »
“A Big Bazaar”
In the city-prefecture, the branch of La Mire was closed for three months at the end of last year, which had never happened in twenty-two years. “The young people got angry because they wondered why their adviser wasn’t there,” recalls Mireille. In the town hall of Bobigny, we point to a “grand bazaar” from which the municipality (on the left) would have been kept away by the elected officials (on the right).
The elected Balbynian Malick Barry joined the office and the board of directors of La Mire on December 17th. “That day, I spoke about several dysfunctions, he recalls. I am thinking, for example, of the recruitment of an administrative director with whom I was absolutely not associated. On personnel management, two elected officials acted as directors, which undermines their role. Elected officials are there to stimulate momentum, while leaving room for employees who know their missions. »
Regarding the split, which will be effective “after a transition period”, the elected nevertheless ensures that “everyone is happy”. The Bobigny branch joins the LYR, the local mission of Pantin, Pré-Saint-Gervais and Lilas, whose office Malick Barry has already joined. During the municipal council of Bobigny on December 9, the latter estimated that this transfer represents “40% of the assets” of La Mire. “The strong commitment that has been made is that of not making any redundancies,” he insists.
According to the CGT and several employees, the working climate within La Mire, hitherto cloudless, would have darkened last June with the dismissal of the director. Present in the structure for twenty years, in his post for five years, he left his post following a conventional breach.
“He was landed”, nuance Antoine Foti. “From the moment he expressed disagreement with this political choice, he could not stay in place, adds Malick Barry. We tried to facilitate his departure. If there was a conventional break, the town hall is not for nothing. »
“Dictatorial measures” and “threatening behavior”
The breaking point concerns the splitting of the Bobigny de la Mire branch. The person concerned would have tried to warn the office against any haste, considering that the date chosen ― January 1, 2022 ― was likely to weaken the structure, at a time when the State is counting on local missions to significantly increase the number entries into the Youth Guarantee scheme.
According to Mireille, the recent difficulties can be explained by “the seizure of power by elected officials”, who make up the office of La Mire. This would have resulted, according to her, in “dictatorial measures”, “threatening behavior” and “contradictory injunctions” with those of the management. According to a former employee, the last nine months have been marked by as many resignations.
Daniel Savarin, treasurer of the local mission and municipal councilor of Blanc-Mesnil, is the subject of the harshest criticism. “He is much more involved than an elected official usually does, notes Antoine Foti. This is not a bad thing in itself, but it impinges on the role of management. »
Contacted, Daniel Savarin initially seemed inclined to want to express himself, before refusing to accept us. Same reaction, a few days apart, from Grégory Chavaroc. The president of La Mire first accepted the idea of a telephone interview or a meeting, before no longer answering our texts or our calls.
