Four former employees of the Starbucks and Prêt à Manger stores, which belong to the SSP group, located at the Marseille-Provenza airport have told the local press that last March they were fired for serious misconduct after giving expired and edible sandwiches to synthes At the airport.
“Every morning we woke up and say: ‘They said goodbye to give food. Now we are completely homeless, we no longer have a job,” Martin said, one of Starbucks affected employees. He had worked for the same company (the SSP group) for 30 years. Moved, explains the situation: “The future is uncertain. From the moment they throw you into the mud and get dirty. I do not see myself coming out of it. We are very bad psychologically.”
Another ex -companion of his from Starbucks, Léa, adds: “From dismissal, we have not received any call, any message. We are not fine. Suddenly, we are with nothing. Although we have families to maintain“Even so, he says:” If we had to do it again, we would do it, “regarding the distribution of the food that was going to throw the synthesch.
-The SSP address, in a letter that sent them before dismissing these employees, mentions a loss of 2,000 euros at the cost of goods, that is, “400 meals”, according to France Provence-Alpes. And it specifies that the articles not sold at the end of the day “can be collected and donated to beneficial organizations defined by SSP”. But, according to Martín, the employees had “verbal authorization” of the management to distribute these Sandwiches to approximately 80 people withouthogar that live around the airport.
These exasalaries ask to return to their jobs, before resorting to a labor court, supported by the CGT union. “They could have called us verbally, for at least they heard our arguments,” Martin said. Former employees suspect that The address tried to expel them due to their professional age of all the firedbetween 10 and 30 years.
The CGT has organized A demonstration in support of these workers At the airport. “We still do not have a lot of unions strike, but it could cause disturbances in air traffic,” Nicolas Gugliecci, general secretary of the local CGT of Vitrolles, has warned. “In any case, this is a first step, and if we fail to advance, there will surely be an increase in protests,” he told the media.
