"La Provence" back on newsstands after the printing strike, the social plan suspended

Two days of strikes for a first small step towards calming the situation. After two non-publications, the social movement began Saturday, May 3, at the Imprimerie de la Provence. was interrupted Monday evening at the General Assembly by employees. This Tuesday, the regional daily was indeed printed during the night and sold at newsstands. The strikers, led by the CGT (General Confederation of Labour), obtained from the newspaper's management the suspension of the social plan which provided for the elimination of 72 jobs, including 51 at the current printing plant, located on the historic site of Provence, in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille.

"The management of La Provence announced this [Monday] the suspension of the job protection plan (PSE) unveiled on April 29. This gesture marks a desire to open up to dialogue, in a particularly tense social climate," wrote the Federation of Workers in the Book, Paper and Communication Industries (CGT) (Filpac-CGT) in a press release published Tuesday morning, saying it was "suspending the strike action that began this weekend."

But if the strike and the social plan are interrupted, "the tension remains strong