Intersyndicale de Siemens VAI MT

Voici subjectivement les meilleurs clichés pris au cours de la journée ville morte de Saint-Chamond.

Anonymisation

Etre vaincu

Foudroyé

Fragilisation

Humiliation

Précarisation

Divers

Here is a little overview of the successful Saint Chamond Ghost town operation.

Many participants : elected people, employees, shop owners, association representatives, pensioners and others. Thanks to everyone!

The demonstration was set around 6 different pictures to denounce the impact of the closing down of Siemens VAI France in Saint Chamond. The people did set themselves into caracteristic positions which describe the dangers or emotions that people being fired will be submitted to.

Casualisation
The employees sitting in the street like beggers denounce casualisation.

Struck by lightning
To symbolise the sudden impact of being fired and to denounce it, the employees dropped themselves on the floor.

Becoming fragile
The employees lye on the floor, crossing their arms on their chest, like people spleeping out in cold streets. This position was chosen to denounce the fragilisation of the inhabitants of Saint Chamond after the social plan.

Humiliation
Sitting on the floor, knees half folded, hands crossed on the ankle, face towards the feets, the employees are denouncing the humiliation of being disposed of their jobs by someone who doesn't know them, doesn't like them, doesn't discuss with their representatives and will later leave the place.

Being defeated
Standing, head down, the employees denouce being crushed down by a multinational company.

Anonymisation
Forming an endless queue with a mask, the employees denounce the anonymisation of excluded people.

We denounce all these things!

Thanks to all the participants, thanks to the shop owners for their support, thanks to the mayor for his help, thanks to the bishop for ringing the church bells at the start of the demonstration, thanks to the association representatives and finally thanks to the media for reporting this event.

Last but not least :
International Heral Tribune :

Agence FrancePresse est venue.
Agence Reuters est venue.

Monsieur ou Madame de Siemens qui est en charge de nous surveiller, ce serait sympa si tu pouvais envoyer les références à cette action que tu auras vu dans les médias à l'adresse suivante :
webmestre at siemensvaimtsascce.com

La petite vidéo qui va BIEN : sur youtube.com, visitez aussi nos autres vidéos siemensvaimtsascce

In order to publicise the impact of the closing down of the Siemens Saint Chamond site a ghost city operation is organized by the unions and the association of the merchants of Saint-Chamond with the support of the Mayor.

Thursday 4th 2010 from 2 to 3 pm in Saint Chamond, the merchants will close their shops and 274 people will be lying down in the center of Saint Chamond for a picture.
A press conference will follow at 3:30 pm at the Siemens VAI France building : 51 rue Sibert à Saint-Chamond.

The people wishing to manifest their support can shut down their shutters and gather silently at the Rond Point des Rencontres.

The people wishing to take part to the event can register at the following email address :

inscription.ville-morte@siemensvaimtsascce.com

Precisions :
-the suppressed jobs will be shared between Saint-Chamond and Montbrison-Savigneux
-274 is the number of jobs shut down announced between august 28th 2009 and January 13th 2010. 35 others jobs have been saved due to the efforts of the unions mid january.

The article published this Sunday with the graceful authorisation of 'Le Progrés'.