As the holidays approach, the Dispeo logistics site running at full speed Beauvais. “We have a huge job. We work 10 hours a day, we work on Saturdays», Comments Eddy Binet, CFDT union representative on the site. However, within three weeks, the company’s 240 employees could find themselves unemployed. Dispeo is currently in judicial recovery and the group to which it belongs, Hopps, is in liquidation. As revealed by Courier Picardif no buyer is found by January 6, the company will have to close.
And, even if activity does not weaken on the Beauvais logistics platform, economic crises like the one currently going through textiles do not help the takeover. “There was a first call for tenders which ended on December 2 and there were no applicationsdeplores Eddy Binet. But the court (Marseille trade, Hopps headquarters being in Aix-en-Provence) relaunched a second call for applications because some candidates said they had not had time to build their file», Explains the union representative.
Maintain activity and hope
According to Eddy Binet, no industrial action is planned before the verdict of the commercial court. The company needs to put its best foot forward to be acquired and the holiday season is crucial for logistics. The 240 employees and a hundred temporary workers are working flat out, as if nothing had happened.
It must be said that the situation is not really a surprise. In addition to the financial problems of the group’s other factories, which have since closed, the CFDT representative has noted salary delays for a year now. In Picard Mailthe director of the Beauvais factory, Sébastien Jousse, ensures that everyone has been paid including the thirteenth month. This is confirmed by the union representative. He adds: “We can’t really say that we blame our management in Beauvais. They too are employees.»
According to him, all is not lost. Several potential buyers are interested in the company. It remains to be seen what offers will be made to the commercial court. The priority being to save the 240 jobs. Response January 6.
