The Dijon Court of Appeal had confirmed in mid-December the liquidation of the automobile foundry, pronounced following the absence of a buyer.
Some 200 former employees of the MBF car foundry in Saint-Claude, in the Jura, in compulsory liquidation since December, launched Friday a procedure with the prud’hommes, indicated the inter-union. “After several months of research and work to constitute the request», these ex-employees and their lawyer submitted the files to the industrial tribunal of Lons-le-Saunier. “We want the liability of the former shareholder [un entrepreneur italien] be recognised, as well as that of the principals, Stellantis and Renault“, told AFP Koray Sukran, member of the inter-union and representative of the Sud Industrie union. According to him, of the 286 employees of MBF at the time of liquidation, only about 90 “found something», whether it is a job, a long-term training course or the creation of a business.
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The Dijon Court of Appeal had confirmed in mid-December the liquidation of the automobile foundry, pronounced at first instance in June 2021 following the absence of a buyer for this highly indebted manufacturer of engine casings and gearbox parts. . The employees had a takeover project through a participatory and cooperative company (Scop), but they did not have time to finalize. This “takeover project would have made it possible to preserve jobs, know-how, an industrial tool in a hyper-disaster employment area like that of Saint-Claude“, regretted the inter-union in a press release.
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