Those of us who live in France have noticed the disruptions caused by protests against the government's proposed new Loi de Travail (labour laws). The government has watered down several proposals but is sticking to its position on Article 2, which puts work place agreements on hours ahead of industry wide union agreements. Meetings with unions and employers (separately) will be held in Paris today.
But just to spice things up, the right wing dominated Senate passed the Bill yesterday, but in a substantially hardened version. Abolition of the 35 hour week; inversion of national union agreements so that they are now the last element to consider in negotiations; restriction to compensation for dismissal. And they warned that if they (Les Republicans and UDI) win a majority in next year's elections this will be what they propose.
Manuel Valls and Myriam El Khomri will remove the amendments when the Bill comes back to the Assembly at the end of the week and may need, again, to use a parliamentary procedure to push their version through. We may be looking at a lot more protests over the next 12 months.
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Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Sunday, 29 May 2016
CGT losing support
In a poll out this weekend (by Odoxa for Le Parisien newspaper) 67% of respondents say they have an unfavourable opinion of Phillipe Martinez, the general secretary of the CGT, whose union is spearheading the opposition to the proposed labour law reform.
Whilst French people generally agree with the right to strike, now only 42% are now in agreement with the actions being taken, and 66% of those asked fear a complete paralysis of the country.
Emmanuel Macron, the controversial Finance Minister seen as a right winger by most of the left, was confronted by CGT strikers yesterday. During heated exchanges the Minister suggested that France was being blocked by the demonstrators, not by the new laws. One presumably unemployed person remarked on M Macron's "3000 euro suit", to which he replied "the best way to pay for a suit is to get a job". Not too reassuring when unemployment is at 10%. M Macron was an investment banker before joining the government.
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Whilst French people generally agree with the right to strike, now only 42% are now in agreement with the actions being taken, and 66% of those asked fear a complete paralysis of the country.
Emmanuel Macron, the controversial Finance Minister seen as a right winger by most of the left, was confronted by CGT strikers yesterday. During heated exchanges the Minister suggested that France was being blocked by the demonstrators, not by the new laws. One presumably unemployed person remarked on M Macron's "3000 euro suit", to which he replied "the best way to pay for a suit is to get a job". Not too reassuring when unemployment is at 10%. M Macron was an investment banker before joining the government.
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