1336 days, ups, debates but standing up: the film on the victorious struggle of the Fralib

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1336 days of struggle against Unilever, more than three and a half years of conflict, which lead to a workers' victory with the takeover by the employees of the factory and the creation of a cooperative and participative tea and infusion company. This long and complicated struggle led by Fralib employees against the agrifood giant is reproduced in a documentary film by Claude Hirsch, in theaters since March 22, 2017. A story on which all employees whose factory is now threatened with closure.

The adventure lasted 1336 days! 1336 days during which a core of irreducible fought tirelessly against Unilever. The large multinational had indeed decided in 2010 to close its tea and infusion packaging plant near Aubagne, considering that it was not profitable. But there ! These 82 people will not only fight so that the iron curtain does not fall definitively on the doors of the factory but this band of stubborn people will use all possible and imaginable ways to maintain their activity, their employment and to prove to this international trust that the company remains viable.

This second film by Claude Hirsch [1] on the Fralib fight, 1336 days, highs, debates but standing, brings together all the key moments of this fight:

- The announcement by Unilever in September 2010 of the closure of the factory, deemed unprofitable while it still generates profits, to relocate production to Belgium by earning a few cents per box, leading to the dismissal of 182 employees ;
- The cancellation of the first “social” plan on February 4, 2011 by the Marseilles tribunal de grande instance;
- The first occupation of the factory in September 2011 following the acceptance at first instance of the second “social” plan (see this report by Basta!);
- Unilever's attempt to take over the factory on November 7, 2011 with the help of security guards;
- The cancellation on appeal of the second social plan on November 17, 2011;
- Management's new strategy of having individual transactions signed, a strategy that will work with 78 employees;
- The acceptance in April 2012, at first instance, of the third social plan for 103 employees;
- The second occupation of the factory on May 11 following a management decision to move the machines;
- The taking into account of this fight in the context of the presidential election and the beginning of a negotiation with Unilever;
- Cancellation on appeal of the third “social” plan;
- The handing over to Benoit Hamon, Minister of Social and Solidarity Economy, in November 2012, of the project for the future Scop-ti cooperative (Société Coopérative Ouvrière Provençale - Thés et Infusions);
- The occupation of the Ministry of Agriculture and the subsequent reception at the Élysée Palace on May 17, 2013;
- The blocking of Unilever's logistics platform in July 2013;
- The many meetings and convergences with other struggles (Veninov, PSA Aulnay, Goodyear, Ford, and around twenty food companies: Pilpa, Bongrain, Maitre Coq...);
- The latest negotiations with Unilever resulting in the end-of-conflict agreement of May 26, 2014.
- In August 2014, the filing of the statutes of the Scop-ti cooperative.

More information about the movie: www.asspolart.com/1336 for the DVD, filmsdesdeuxrives.com to discover the dates and places of the screenings planned in France, as well as the facebook page. And to support the cooperators of the Scop-Ti, it's this way.

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