Version imprimableThe bosses intimidated the strikers, offering those who did not want to join the movement to stay at home while being paid 75% of their salary. They propose a 5% increase and a paltry bonus. That hasn’t stopped anyone. Inspired by the yellow jacket movement, Electrolux strikers organized the "blue jacket" on Thursday 21 March to make their demands known to the entire population. Nearly a thousand people gathered.
The strikers are under attack from the press and public opinion. In this deindustrialized area where 20% of the population works abroad, the remaining factories (in household appliances or textiles) are presented as a charity to legitimize bosses’ abuses, which in some cases prohibit any trade union membership and also threaten to close sites and relocate. But the strike continues...
