Everyone has their own return to school. At a time when millions of schoolchildren are returning to school, union leaders have a meeting with the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt. In turn, the five employee representative organizations (CFDT, CGT, CFTC, FO and CFE-CGC) and the three employer organizations (MEDEF, CPME and U2P) parade on rue de Grenelle. For the ministry, the goal is none other than “to take stock of the back-to-school projects and prepare for the social conference”, points out the former mayor of Annonay in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
The opportunity for a “reconnection” and to talk about the “social agenda” we explain on the side of the CFDT which was the first organization received on Monday. Things accelerated on Tuesday. In order, Cyril Chabanier, president of the CFTC, François Asselin for the CPME and Patrick Martin of the MEDEF were received. The latter should not fail to warn the executive about the risks that an abandonment of the supply policy would run at a time when “the situation is turning around”, he underlined at the microphone. of Franceinfo and while the announcement of the organization of a social conference has raised a lot of hope among employee representatives.
Probably reluctant to relive a social episode as conflicting as that of pensions, the Head of State took advantage of the meeting in Saint-Denis with the party leaders to “validate” the forthcoming organization of a “social conference” however, the outlines are rather vague. One thing is certain, it will be a question of “careers and branches located below the minimum wage”, we warned on the side of the Élysée.
But for employers, there is no question of being duped in this story. There must not be “an impact on all salary scales of the increase in the Smic”, underlined the number one of MEDEF, who prefers to trust social dialogue to solve the problem. A remark far from trivial, as the question of wages is emerging as the major subject that will occupy the social agenda for the start of the school year, taking over, at this level, from the question of pensions. Determined to put pressure, the inter-union announced last week a day of mobilization on October 13 on the subject. Particularly in their viewfinder, the high number of professional branches which have one or more levels below the SMIC.
However, wages are not the only subject that will fill the particularly busy social agenda this fall. This Tuesday opens in parallel discussions between employees and employers on supplementary private pensions (Agirc-arrco), which concerns 26 million contributors and 13 million retirees. At the same time, they must agree before November 15 on the outlines of a new unemployment insurance agreement for the next three years. A flammable subject as the room for maneuver is considered “minimal” by the central trade unions.
