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Lack of Interest by the Media of some Cases

Alain Gautier, former employee at Vortex, explains that he has been followed by all the local media he had contacted. Dozens of articles have been published namey by Sud-Ouest, Midi Libre, Nice-Matin, Le Progrès, La Nouvelle République, La Provence, Paris Normandie, La Voix du Nord, Le Dauphiné etc. France 3 has systematically relayed each of his actions. On the contrary, except from the AFP (Agence France Presse), which had relayed a press release and the daily L’Humanité – sued for defamation by Vortex – he has never been able to contact the national media because he “ would not have the Network to hail them ”. He insists “Network with a capital N because without a Network, a whistleblower gets restless and is exhausted ”.

Alain Gautier receiving the Ethical Prize from the Anticor association in Paris, January 26, 2018 – Personal collection

If the regional media is accessible, it nevertheless has little impact on the decision makers. As such, despite numerous press clippings relating the Vortex wrongdoings, the situation remains unchanged for the transport users and the employees of the company.

Alain Gautier reminds us that the average monthly gross salary of the Vortex drivers does not reach five hundred (500) euros and that the company finds the way not to pay the total amount of the salaries owed to the employees. The latter feel so abandoned and so humiliated that the annual turnover reaches 50%.

Generally speaking, the Corporate Officers of the markets relating to transportation adapted to disabled citizens close their eyes as far as the devastating practices of such companies are concerned. These low-cost companies propose to keep their disability budget down through calls for tender in which the price can represent up to 90% of the allocation score. As such, in these transportation businesses, the respect of social rules represents an adjustment factor of the prices of their markets, therefore taking hostage the most vulnerable ones of our society.

Alain Gautier remembers that at the time when he blew the whistle for the first time, a Transport Manager of the territorial community had told him, uninhibited: « If the employees are not happy with their fate, not being paid all the hours they work, they’d rather change jobs! ” At the same period, whereas employees were on strike to obtain a petrol card in order not to pay in advance the petrol of the vehicles for the company, another Transport Director told me, without holding back: « How long are you going to piss me off with your strikes? Your CEO had already told and repeated to you that you will never get your petrol card! ». These two managers