Geneva Airport authorities are tightening the safety screws. Employees who have seen their access badge withdrawn before Christmas tarmac appeal to the union and a lawyer.
The controls are tightened to Geneva airport for its own staff. Over thirty porters and other persons engaged in the reception of passengers been withdrawn just before Christmas their access badge to the tarmac for security reasons, de facto immediately losing their jobs. Many seek to know the exact reasons. Some have questioned the SSP union and a lawyer, who fear that the Geneva authorities give in to paranoia face the terrorist threat hitting Europe.
“I understand that tightens the screw after the attacks in Paris, but we do a good sort. Why me? “Asks a French 33 years. It considers the withdrawal of its airport identification card (CIA) unjustified. “For seven years I worked at the airport, without having had a problem, tells the Upper Savoy. I was porter and home agent until December 23, 2015. That morning, I arrived at work at 5 am and my access card no longer worked. I thought it was a mistake. My boss did not know what was going on. ”
An administrative decision “not motivated”?
The border, of Muslim faith, admits having a backlog of 700 francs in fines for parking problems in Geneva, to have witnessed a fight in 2011 “no further action” and not having completed an internship required to recover points on his driving license French. “If it’s related to such things, it’s ridiculous. I suffered moral and financial harm. My employer suspended. I can not even point to unemployment. “He now seeks to know the reasons for the withdrawal. The office passes the airport, he was sent to the International Security Police (PSI), which advised him to knock on the door of the French intelligence services. “I got an appointment with them in Annemasse. I was not in their file. They advised me to contact the prefecture of the Haute-Savoie to view my file. I await their response. “Contacted by us Wednesday, the office of prefect did not respond to our requests.
Porter has therefore turned to his union and a Geneva lawyer who defends several people in the same situation. “We will use this non-motivated administrative decision by the Geneva airport to the EHR request. We want to know the criteria that led to this decision, announces Mr. Pierre Bayenet. And I will ask the suspensive effect so that people can continue to work. “In addition, several employees have sent a letter to the EHR in order to obtain explanations.
From overnight
On the employer side, we could have done this blow in period of intense activity. “I confirm that five people under contract Swissport had their badge withdrawn on police order which is based on unknown criteria from us, as is the rule. This caused us an operational problem because people have to go overnight. All our positions require a badge, we do not have the opportunity to offer them another opportunity, “the director of Swissport, Jean-Luc Payot. This is the first time he has to manage a large number of card withdrawals. And raise the difficulty of communication in this situation. “We were informed of the decision taken by the police, we had to pass the same day the employees concerned. One could not be reached and learned arriving at work. “At Dnata, it was confirmed that a person in fixed-term contract is subject.
Contacted Wednesday the spokesman of the airport, Bertrand Stampfli, confirms these elements, as he did Friday on Time’s website: “In accordance with the procedure which is worth us to be linked to the police grant or renew the CIA of 10 000 employees on the site, some cards were withdrawn following the policy announced by the guardianship judge, Pierre Maudet, on 3 December.”
Tribune de Genève (via Google Translate)
