" The shopping center of Yvelines is going to continue to open his(her) shops on Sundays, going against the stop(ruling) of the court.

L be storekeepers of the quartermaster’s stores of Factories Center in Villacoublay (Yvelines) announced on Saturday, June 24th that they will open every Sunday in spite of the Court decision of call(appeal) of Versailles ordering June 14th, Synday lock of 64 businesses of the commercial gallery. " Because the law forbids the wage-earning work but authorizes the manager, his associates and his(her) family to be worked on Sundays ", the storekeepers denounce(cancel) a "incomprehensible" and "particularly absurd" situation. The association " Laissez-nous-travailler ", created by trading them, will have for objective to change the legislation by mobilizing authorities and numerous customers of the commercial gallery who come to make their races(shopping) on Sundays. " We want to promulgate the freedom to work on Sundays ", declared Muriel Morel-Liavre, the manager of Factories Center to Villacoublay because " the employees who want to work on Sundays are the victims of this law which dates hundred years ".

Condemned to dismiss 110 employees

" We are condemned to dismiss thirty then eighty employees all in all ", assured(insured) Muriel Morel-Liavre, foreseeing a " Big destocking of the employees " of Factories Center after the court order depiction on June 14th. The 14th room(chamber) of the Court of Appeal of Versailles (Yvelines) had ordered the lock of 64 businesses of the gallery on Sundays after the complaints of several bodies, of which the Union of the clothing ( FNH) which represents the small independent textile businesses. The Court of Appeal considered that these Synday openings pulled(entailed) " a manifestly illicit confusion ", because the signboards of the center make " their, employee work on Sundays in violation of the article L 221-5 of the labour code ". The ban on " any commercial operation " on Sundays " is under under temporary 1.000-euro penalty by establishment and by noticed malpractice "

In the name of " the freedom of the work "

From his part, the representative UMP of Paris Pierre Lellouche is going to put down(to deposit) next week a private bill on the opening of shops on Sundays in the name of " the freedom of the work ". " It is necessary to leave to companies and to employees who wish it the possibility to work on Sundays ", he(it) pleads in the Newspaper of Sunday. " More than 70 % of the Parisians would like to be able to make their races(shopping) on Sundays ", asserts Pierre Lellouche by adding that the Synday opening of the businesses " also allows to create jobs(uses) ". " Today, we work on a system of five Sundays a year for department stores and a tolerance in zones tourist as Champs-Elysées or the Swamp ", calls back(reminds) the representative UMP. " I would like that we go out of the pervading hypocrisy. And what we restore, in front of the principle of the Sunday’s rest, that at least so fundamental of the freedom of the work ". Considering that it is necessary " to change the legislation ", Pierre Lellouche clarifies that he goes " to put down(deposit) a private bill, next week, on the Synday opening ".

NOUVELOBS.COM, 25 juin 2006