After mobilizing a union, the police intervened this Thursday, April 28, 2022, freeing access to the Place d’Armes area of Le Lamentin. At 11:00 a.m. at the second closure point, access to the Lézarde area is still not possible and there is still no TCSP.
Access to the Place d’Armes area in Le Lamentin has been free since 10:30 am. The police intervened and removed anything that was an obstacle on the road leading to the various shops.
The situation has not changed in the Lézarde business park in Lamentin. The trade unions FO-CGTM Handel – CSTM – CDMT -CGTM-FSM have been on site since five o’clock this morning.
The entrance to the Lézarde business park in Lamentin (April 28, 2022) • ©Martinique la 1ère
The entire economic sector of Lézarde is paralyzed.
Regarding the TCSP (Public Transport on your own site) the situation has not changed.
The TCSP maintenance center also blocked • ©Jannick Dulio
The center of Now and the BHLS (High Level Bus Service) depot at Lareinty near Lamentin are hampered by wooden pallets.
Unions are demanding the opening of sectoral negotiations in commerce, wage increases, the allocation of Covid premiums and an end to the conflict at Carrefour Market du François through negotiations.
After the AMPI (Martiniquaise Association for the Promotion of Industry), it is the turn of the MEDEF (France-Martinique Business Movement) to denounce the day’s actions.
MEDEF Martinique claims the freedom to work and strongly condemns any action aimed at blocking activities that endanger the sustainability of our companies and their employees. The COVID-19 health crisis, which has been very present in the last two years, has not yet fully ended and our companies must return to normal activities today in a calm climate to secure their future. Any activity blocking cannot go in this direction. MEDEF Martinique therefore calls for a better awareness of the current economic reality, for which our companies urgently need resilience and composure.
Bernard EDOUARD President of Medef Martinique