A strike to denounce the “low-wage trap”. Employees in the logistics sector are called to mobilize this Tuesday, April 2 for a general strike movement at the call of the General Federation of Transport and the Environment (FGTE)-CFDT and France Ouvrière. Actions – distribution of leaflets and blockades of platforms – are planned this morning in the Paca, Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Brittany and Grand Est regions, on the sites of the companies ID Logistics, Geodis , XPO or even Amazon.
This mobilization comes a few weeks after the failure of the last meeting of compulsory annual negotiations (NAO) of the Logistics branch, at the beginning of March, after which the main unions in the sector slammed the door. The employers’ organizations had proposed a salary increase of 1.1%, in order to raise the first salary scales to the level of the minimum wage. Insufficient, compared to the main union organizations. “The National Federation of Transport and Logistics FO-UNCP calls on employees in the sector to be aware that the bosses are enriching themselves on their backs without any sharing,” denounces Force Ouvrière in a press release, recalling the record increases in the figure of sector over the last two years, 5.5% in 2022 and 2.5% in 2023.
The CFDT is demanding a 3.5% and 5% increase, anticipating the strong activity of employees in the sector in the run-up to the Olympic Games. While a new mandatory annual negotiation meeting is scheduled for April 4, the unions are counting on this mobilization to influence the discussions. “As the sector operates at just-in-time flow, and there is no stock anywhere in the stores, hampering supply will greatly disturb businesses,” warns Bruno Lefebvre, deputy secretary general FO-UNCP in a press release published by the syndicate. Two years ago, a similar mobilization organized by the CFDT had already made it possible to obtain a 5% increase in salaries. This time, the unions also hope to obtain progress in taking into account the arduousness of the sector, which has 190,000 employees and nearly 100,000 temporary workers throughout France.
