"It cannot wait six months": Marylise Léon (CFDT) demands an immediate €100 rise to the SMIC, not just a "boost"
Guest on RMC and BFMTV, CFDT Secretary-General Marylise Léon stated that "there is a strong demand from workers" for a SMIC increase that "does not allow a dignified living from one’s work."
The unions are firmly awaiting the government's announcement on the increase in the minimum wage. But for now, the government is leaving doubts lingering. If an increase in the anticipated minimum wage and beyond inflation has been mentioned by the executive, the concrete modalities are not yet known.
For the CFDT, we must move quickly: "There is a strong expectation on the part of employees and public sector agents to be able to be recognized in their work" because today "there is a subject of being able to live with dignity from one's work", indicated on RMC and BFMTV Marylise Léon, general secretary of the CFDT. Under these conditions, there is no question for union organizations to wait for the arrival of a new head of state next May to negotiate: “The situation is not tenable, it cannot wait six months,” warned the union leader. And added: "The government cannot take refuge by explaining that in six months they will no longer be there and therefore 'move around, there is nothing to see'".
“Being able to negotiate the entire scale” The CFDT is demanding an increase in the minimum wage of 100 euros net per month because “today when we are on full-time minimum wage, we cannot live with dignity from our work,” insisted Marylise Léon. She nevertheless affirmed that she was not aware at this stage of the government's project. “I have no information on the amount of this revaluation with a boost,” she declared, while saying she was convinced “that there is room for maneuver and possibilities to work on much more social justice”.
Furthermore, "there is not only the minimum wage in life. (...) The idea is also to be able to negotiate on the entire scale because today we see that every time there is inflation the minimum wage increases but there is a downward trend (in wages)", lamented the boss of the CFDT, before pointing the finger at the companies "which do not play the game of salary negotiation".
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