There is still a way of life in the sphere of paritarianism. Invited by the government to discuss unemployment insurance and senior employment, unions and employers reached two draft agreements on these issues on Thursday, November 14, at the end of a long day of talks. They even wrote a third one – on their own initiative – dedicated to“evolution of social dialogue”. The parties involved will now consult their authorities to decide whether to approve these texts; His position will be decided in the coming days.
It seems certain that Medef and the Union of Local Entrepreneurs (U2P) will sign the three documents. The CFDT and CFTC seem to be going in the same direction. Force Ouvrière (FO), will say yes to everything or no to everything, after having appreciated the” balance “ general commitments were achieved. As for other organizations, they should only sign one or two agreements. If the number of signatories is sufficient, the measures developed can then be applied, knowing that several of them require a law or decrees.
If the spirit of harmony prevails, the social actors will have demonstrated that they still know how to do useful work and that the failure, in April, of their negotiation on a “new pact for life at work” It was, perhaps, just an accident, now forgotten. The executive did not wait for the protagonists to make an official decision. On Thursday morning he welcomed the end of the work carried out by the representatives of employers and workers. “This shows that the method, which is that of the Prime Minister, of leaving room for social dialogue, is bearing fruit”declared Maud Bregeon, government spokesperson, to Franceinfo.
The first stone laid at the end of these negotiations, opened on October 22, refers to unemployment insurance. New provisions are designed, through a “approval” to the agreement signed in November 2023. The text, then approved by the employers and three unions (CFDT, CFTC, FO), had not received the green light from the government of Gabriel Attal in spring, but it could be taken as a basis for the talks this autumn, with the approval of the Prime Minister, Michel Barnier.
Beyond expectations
The protocol drawn up on Thursday night must give rise to a new “convention” which regulates the remuneration conditions of job seekers for four years, starting on 1Ahem January 2025. It should lead to a reduction in spending of almost 2.48 billion euros in the period 2025-2028 and will ultimately bring in 1.7 billion each year, at cruising speed. Which goes beyond the expectations expressed by Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet: the Minister of Labor had asked the negotiators to find measures to “generate 400 million euros of additional savings annually”.
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