Arc-en-Ciel, the majority trade union organization, is accused by the CGT, the CFDT and FO of being a “house union”, under the orders of the management of Orpea France. The Court of Puteaux will rule this Thursday on the validity of the 2019 elections.
The CGT, the CFDT and FO had filed a complaint in February against the group of private nursing homes Orpea, which they accuse of having relied on a union “homeat his command, namely Arc-en-Ciel. The local court of Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine) must deliver its verdict this Thursday. He will rule on the validity of the 2019 professional elections within Orpea France.
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In the June 25, 2019 ballot, Arc-en-Ciel won nearly 60% of the vote, ahead of the CGT (14.2%) and the UNSA, just above the 10% mark.
The CGT, the CFDT and FO accuse the management of having short-circuited them by favoring the emergence and victory in the professional elections of a union “home“. “We had long had suspicions about unacceptable actions by management, but the testimonies and evidence provided by Victor Castanet’s book will allow us to take legal action.“Explained Guillaume Gobet, CGT manager and former cook at Orpea, when the complaint was filed. The Arc-en-Ciel trade union organization only exists at Orpea and Clinea, the Clinics branch of the group.
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This legal action is based in particular on the recordings made by Camille Lamarche, a work-study lawyer in the HR department of Orpea from October 2018 to August 2019 and which also made it possible to support the book. The Gravediggers by Victor Castanet who revealed serious lucrative abuses in the Ehpad of the Orpea group.