The OMV company holding more than 5 exploration and production licenses for oil fields in Tataouine including the mega-project Nawara which will supply 20% of the country's needs in Natural Gas and which has already been inaugurated by the Tunisian authorities 3 times in having actually entered production, decided legally and against all the laws in force in the Tunisian country to lay off more than 20% of these Tunisian executives.
The dismissal took place in full confinement despite the DGT instructions of March 17, 2020, relating to the processing of requests for authorization to dismiss or transfer the employment contract of protected employees during the crisis period linked to the Covid-19 pandemic and seems not to be in good standing since it uses a CCL issued by the labor inspectorate when the office has just been in favor of voluntary departure which was already the case for a dozen employees a month ago.
The labor inspectorate, after an examination of the case, ruled that this act is not in accordance with Tunisian laws although the general manager of OMV Tunisia Wilhelm Sackmaier who persists in ignoring the customs of Tunisia in the field of work and this after more than 10 meetings between UGTT, Labor Inspectorate and the Minister of Energy if as the country had no real authority on its territory and that any attempt to reason it only made it even more determined to execute his vision and not respect the Tunisian authorities.
The union calls on the employees of the company and our colleagues in the energy sector in Tunis, Gabès and Tataouine to come in large numbers on June 3, 4 and 5 to demand the UNCONDITIONAL return of our dear colleagues in front of the premises of the company located Rue du Lac Turkana, Tunis 1053.
