French Entertainment Trade Union Files Law Suit Against Canal+ Over Threat To Boycott Signatories Of Anti-Bolloré Letter

CGT-Spectacle, the biggest trade union representing workers in the entertainment and culture sectors in France, announced on Saturday that it is filing a lawsuit against pay-TV giant Canal+ over a threat to boycott signatories of an anti-Bolloré letter.

“In a responsible manner and in accordance with the democratic values ​​we share… we have asked Mr. Arié Alimi to file a lawsuit with the Nanterre Judicial Court against Canal+ seeking the annulment, under penalty of a fine, of this unacceptable decision and the appointment of a representative tasked with documenting the discrimination that the Canal+ group has announced it will commit,” the union said in a statement.

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