Matignon Announces a ‘Social Conference’ on Monday with Unions and Employers

The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announces the holding of a “social conference” in Matignon on Monday, in the presence of unions and employers. This meeting should make it possible to “provide answers to questions of purchasing power and wages”, specifies Matignon in a press release. The head of government "asked the Minister of Labor and Solidarity [Jean-Pierre Farandou] to finalize by Sunday the consultations he has been carrying out for several days", again according to this source.

Also read • Direct Mobilization of November 5: Sébastien Lecornu announces the meeting on Monday in Matignon of a "social conference" with the unions and employers The day of November 5 follows three consecutive Saturdays of mobilization against the high cost of living, espousing the codes of the yellow vests and supported only by certain unions. The Minister of Labor Jean-Pierre Farandou recently mentioned possible measures concerning the minimum wage or negotiations in branches and companies. Furthermore, specifies Matignon, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, David Amiel, continues his discussions with representatives of public service agents, adds Matignon.

The freezing of the index point concentrates the anger of the unions, like the maintenance of aid to companies in sectors whose minimums are lower than the minimum wage.

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