It is not tomorrow that Olivier Dussopt will go on vacation with the union representatives. If the adoption and the promulgation of the pension reform left traces in the relationship between the executive and the organizations, whose leaders considered that the government did not listen to them, the Minister of Labor blows hot and cold. And this, while a new round of negotiations is desired by the Prime Minister on the “pact of life at work” – a prelude to the next law “Full employment”. “My objective is to renew the dialogue (…) from the beginning of May”, said Thursday morning Élisabeth Borne on France 2.
Guest of BFMTV in the evening, Olivier Dussopt blows hot and cold. “I don’t believe in the image of a great mass of reconciliation. It does not work. It would be a bit artificial elsewhere, ”says the member of the government, who was on the front line during the pension reform. “I think we have to get back to work. We have made a commitment with the President of the Republic, with the Prime Minister, details the Minister of Labor. Regarding the agreement reached (on) the sharing of value, we will enshrine the provisions in the law in an integral and faithful manner.” And to add: “We plan to present the text of the law to the Council of Ministers between the end of May and the very beginning of June. For this single text, it is necessary to talk to each other a little anyway to show how we write the text.
While the government hopes to quickly turn the page on pensions, the unions do not hear it that way. And plan to make Labor Day, May 1, a show of force against the executive. The new boss of the CGT may have indicated Thursday morning on RTL that there “would be no return to normal” if the pension reform “was not withdrawn”, Olivier Dussopt does not hesitate to put back a part in the machine. “With all the respect I have for Madame Binet, there is not only the CGT in life and there is not only the CGT among the trade unions. A significant number of other trade unions have indicated that they want a period of decency and then that the dialogue can resume. Emmanuel Macron, he wishes to receive the unions, during the month of May.
