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Leboncoin Workers Stage First-Ever Strike in France Over Working Conditions

Unions link the deterioration to restructuring after Blackstone and Permira took control of Adevinta.

Overview

  • Employees joined a union-called walkout on March 18, with a rally outside the company’s Paris headquarters.
  • Management told AFP that fewer than 10% of staff declared themselves on strike.
  • Union groups cite heavier workloads, repeated reorganizations, and an intrusive system tracking telemarketing activity time.
  • Workers protest a telework rollback, with required office presence moving from two days a week to three starting in July after a phased transition.
  • The company says its hybrid policy remains in place and telemarketing tools are unchanged and compliant with regulations; roughly 1,500 people work across sites in Paris, Nantes, Mâcon, Reims, and Montceau-les-Mines.