Saturday afternoon, at the call of the CGT, the staff of the New Galleries mobilized to sound the alarm.
While the FIB group (Financière Immobilière Bordelaise) and its subsidiary HPB (Hermione People and Brand), owners of several brands including the Nouvelles Galeries, have been placed in receivership, the staff of the Nouvelles Galeries de Tarbes mobilized on Saturday afternoon, to express his concern about the future of this historic store in downtown Tarbes. A walkout of one hour which is not unnoticed in the middle of the pedestrian street. Most of the onlookers wanted to lend their support. Especially after the closure, a week earlier, of the San Marina sign, just opposite. “At this rate, there will be nothing left in Tarbes”, slips a passerby.
On the side of the employees, it is misunderstanding. “We are in shock. We are making a turnover but the question we all ask ourselves is “where did the money go?”, asks Patricia Bordes, DSC (central union delegate) CGT des Nouvelles Galleries of Tarbes.
“Customers tell us that they are worried that the sign will disappear, but it is also the disappearance of 35 direct jobs and therefore 35 people who find themselves unemployed”, she points out. “The house of cards made by Michel Ohayon does not work. We chain the backup plans while the turnover is stable. He says that no transfer is envisaged but there is no more cash and the walls are gone in mortgage with the Chinese bank to which it owes 200 M€. We ask the town hall of Tarbes to buy them back. Our store can function, “she continues. A new mobilization is scheduled for March 8.
