A-Infos (en) France, OCL: Anti-union repression at Mechachrome Tunisia (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

See online: On the CNT-AIT website 
https://cnt-ait.info/2026/02/11/mecachrome-fr/ ---- MECACHROME: Workers 
at the Toulouse site stand in solidarity with workers at the Tunisian 
site ---- Mecachrome is a metalworking company that works for the 
aerospace sector. It has sites in various countries, including France, 
Morocco, Tunisia, and Canada. At the end of December, employees at the 
Fouchana site in Tunisia decided to organize to make their voices heard 
and to voice their demands, which are, all things considered, quite 
standard and legitimate regarding wages and working conditions. They 
decided to create a union branch of the UGTT, the main Tunisian union, 
which is far from revolutionary. But this is already too much for 
Mecachrome management, which doesn't much like unions, except for 
company-owned unions like FO in France.

Here, the labor code and "good democratic manners" prevent
bosses from putting their true thoughts into practice... (even if
they sometimes express them, as for example during the New Year's 
greetings from the Director
of Mécachrome Toulouse to the staff this year, who said verbatim about
union members "who prevent others from working[by going
on strike], I'm not against headbutting... and I wouldn't hesitate
to do it again...". But in Tunisia, where for over a year now
the petty dictator Kaïs Saïed, a former law professor who is blowing up
the entire charade of legality, has reigned, bosses feel free to
give free rein to their desire to get rid of rebellious workers. No 
sooner had the local union branch at Mécachrome Fouchana
been created (in strict compliance with the law) and
called for a strike, than the main organizers
were immediately fired.

Since then, worker resistance is organizing in Tunisia. The laid-off 
workers are fighting for their reinstatement. They can count on the 
support of some of the Mécachrome workers in France, because they know 
that tomorrow they could be the ones to bear the brunt of the company 
bosses' anti-union fury.

An attack against one of us is an attack against all of us!

Long live international workers' solidarity!

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Letter of support to the Tunisian comrades of Mécachrome Fouchana, laid 
off for striking and organizing a union branch

Dear Comrades,

We were informed of your situation by workers from Mécachrome, at the 
Launaguet site in France. We are the CNT-AIT union (the French branch of 
the International Workingmen's Association).

It is with shock and anger that we learned Your
dismissal following the organization of your strike at the
Mécachrome site in Fouchana. We offer you our full solidarity in
your struggle against management, which has categorically refused to
recognize the creation of your union branch, despite it being established
in full compliance with Tunisian law.

We have also learned of management's categorical refusal to
consider all your demands, however legitimate. The
accusations from management, claiming that you blocked access
to the site for non-strikers, are outrageous! It is clear that
management has arbitrarily dismissed militant workers based on
false accusations. Workers are not disposable objects that can be
simply thrown away.

Do not let yourself be intimidated by this management, which wanted to make
you an example to all workers at all Mécachrome sites
around the world. Management is trying to crush all
attempts Solidarity among workers, so that we can continue
to make profits without worrying about working conditions,
safety, and wage increases for every worker at
Mécachrome, whether they are in Tunisia, Morocco, France, or Canada... An
attack against one of us is an attack against all! The
CNT AIT union in Toulouse condemns in the strongest possible terms this
serious attack against workers who are trying to organize and
defend themselves for better working conditions, safety,
and wage increases, which are legitimate and dignified demands.

Workers' solidarity knows no borders. Together, we are stronger
in the face of injustice and repression. Our union offers its
fullest support to the laid-off workers as well as to the UGTT
Mécachrome Tunisia.

Long live international workers' solidarity!

The activists of the CNT AIT
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HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE MECACHROME TUNISIA WORKERS?

Take a photo with a sign expressing solidarity

(templates available for download below) and post it on the Mecachrome 
Tunisia Union Facebook page, remembering to send us a copy to 
contact@cnt-ait.info

Solidarity with the workers of Mecachrome Tunisia!
An attack against one of us is an attack against us all!

Worker solidarity knows no borders!

Listen to the Solidarity Rap for the Tunisian Mecachrome Workers in Struggle
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Excerpt from the Factory Committee Bulletin, Issue 6, Winter 2026, 
Newsletter for Aerospace and Metallurgy Workers:
- Solidarity from Mecachrome France workers with the workers of
Mecachrome Tunisia

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Herbignac (20 bd de la Brière, 44410) and Sainte Luce sur Loire (102 rue 
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