Occupation by employees of the headquarters of the company Lejaby in Rillieux-la-Pape to protest against a social plan that provides for the elimination of nearly 200 positions and the closure of three production sites in France. Interviews of Chistine PANNETIER, 18 years of seniority, about their action, of Maria MICHON, 29 years of seniority, having known only this company, of Hafida BOUZIT, 36 years of seniority, talking about relocation and profits, of Angeline LADRE, 30 years of seniority, about their work, and about Esmahan HAXAIRE, 28 years old, about their fight.
Six months after the takeover of the company Lejaby, presentation of luxury haute couture lingerie that revives the brand in Paris. Testimonials of some employees including Fernande MACHADO and interview of the buyer and CEO Lejaby Couture Alain PROST.
A look back at the history of the Lejaby group, marked by a series of acquisitions by financial groups, and a look back at the layoffs in the Lejaby workshops in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. Interview with Régis PETIT, SE Mayor of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine: "We cannot expect this industrial model to serve 10, 11, or 12% annual rate of return, when we know that intrinsically this industrial model there was able to go up to 2.5, 3.5% profitability". Interview with Danielle DU BARRY who set up the Scop Savoir-faire Bellegardien with its severance pay:" companies no longer respect anything, employees are pawns, and Lejaby it was "that. Interview with Brigitte SIGUEROA, CGT delegate she was fired last year. Of the 46 workers laid off, 10 found work. "We’re worthless, we’re worthless. We feel so humiliated. In fact they blame us for not earning enough money with us". The report ends with the intervention of journalist Emilie QUENO.
Report at the international lingerie show in Paris, which sees the first collection signed Maison Lejaby, two years after the company’s balance sheet deposit and its takeover by former employees. Sales are driven upwards thanks to the interest of Eastern countries, attracted by the tradition of haute couture and French know-how. Interviews with Antonina DYL, exclusive distributor of the Lejaby brand in Ukraine and Colette CANDELA, studio director Maison Lejaby.
Back on the history of the textile group Lejaby, whose creation dates back to the 1930s in Ain. After nine months of union struggle and despite a court decision of 19 October 2010 annulling the social plan, the sites of Bellegarde, Bourg and Le Teil will close. Archives: demonstration at the town hall of Teil on April 2, 2010, action of employees on April 12, 2010 in Rillieux la Pape, occupation of the headquarters in September 2010
The Rhone company Lejaby did not participate this year in the Lyon Mode City show but preferred to invest its euros in research to launch in 2007 a newline of bras, intended for strong breasts. Indeed, large women do not always find suitable and aesthetic models. Interview with Colette CANDELLA, Creative Director at Lejaby and Florence ROUSSEAU-FERRAND, Marketing Director
A boutique of the regional brand Maison Lejaby opens in the center of Lyon and at the same time the lingerie brand is launched internally: a new impetus of the House Lejaby driven by its new CEO Jean D'ARTHUYS, appointed in September 2015. Interview with Jean D'ARTHUYS, Inès PASSOS, head of the editing workshop and Pascale RENAUX, creative director