This Saturday, January 25, a dozen personal of Neuilly-en-Thellenewly unionized at the CFDTmet their departmental representatives to testify to their situation. They complain of a lack of equity in the management of municipal staff and relations with their hierarchical superiors. At the top of which is the mayor Bernard Ironcq. “”There is no humanity», Passed agents, sometimes at their post for decades.
The history of the union section of Neuilly-en-Thelle begins last summer. A communal wage which was to be thrown was sold by an agent. This is akin to a diversion of public good. The mayor has since been identified and the money returned to the community. But a collective sanction was taken against civil servants of the technical services. Which did not happen internally. It is to defend them that Mike Hilaire created this union section.
The agents fear reprisals despite the union membership
With the help of the CFDT, the initial blame has become a warning. “”We met the mayor and we put him at the foot of the wall with a legal assistantsays Sylvie Kaluza-Robillard, Deputy Secretary of the CFDT. He was told “if you do not remove the blame you have seven actions in the administrative court”.But today other wrestling reasons animate the union.
Because since the creation of the local section, Mike Hilaire sees its ranks garnished with agents at the end of the roll. “”I have 19 members to date“He said this Saturday. While the municipality has 42 employees. And despite their new union label, these agents are still afraid to speak freely. They insist that their exchanges remain anonymous and fear reprisals back to work.
Neuilly-en-Thelle under vigilance in the future
In turn, they testify to a deleterious climate in municipal staff. “”It’s not just the mayor, but also service managers“, They assure. Their story amazes the departmental secretaries of the CFDT. Certain specific situations make Sylvie Kaluza-Robillard react. “”Ah no he can’t do thatShe explains to an agent. “”Well he did it anyway», Answers him.
Union representatives are aware that not all acts will be defended but intend to monitor management now in Neuilly-en-Thelle. Yet the complaints do not go back so far. All the agents encountered situate the start of the problems at the time of the election of Bernard Ironcq at the headquarters of the first magistrate.
The risk of leaving everything
“”Since September 2021 (and the departure of the former director general of services) this is the horror“, They describe. Several have planned to leave their posts, despite the financial problems that it could generate. “”There, if he returns (in 2026), I am going», Says a woman. “”But to go where?“Replied a colleague. “”I don’t care, I’m not going to get sick for my salaryShe retorts. “”We all thought of closing while before I was not asking myself the question», Supports another person.
Today, no action is brought to justice against the town hall. The union still hopes to improve the working conditions of agents without going so far. But he does not forbid anything and the agents met seem really exhausted in this small town in the south of the Oise.
