2023-04-18 18:09:18
“It’s a historic strike, supports Stéphane Corbeau, CFDT union representative. Since the establishment of the Procter & Gamble headquarters in 1954, this is a first. This Tuesday morning, in front of the entrance to the American group located on Quai Aulagnier, in Asnières, there were several dozen employees picketing to demand wage increases.
Of the approximately 700 employees attached to the Asnières site, according to the unions, around 150 people took part in this unprecedented social movement (65 head office employees and 85 sales representatives on strike). “Here, it’s mostly young executives around 35 years old who have graduated from business schools,” explains Stéphane Corbeau. They are not really used to demonstrations. “And yet, this Tuesday, some were in the street to demand salary increases.
Last meeting of the annual negotiations
The objective of the strikers was above all to put pressure on the management a few hours before the third and last meeting of mandatory annual negotiations (NAO), which was to be held this Tuesday at 3 p.m. “During the last meetings, we made proposals for an increase, but they were all refused”, explains the CFDT union representative.
An aberration for this elected official given the economic context of the group. “The company generates enormous profits but today, it no longer redistributes anything to employees. The inter-union CFDT, CFTC and CFE-CGC demanded an increase in employee salaries of 10% and 5% for executives, as well as an increase in the purchasing power bonus for employees to 6,000 euros. Requests to which management has not acceded, according to the unions. “The NAO meeting ends with a statement of failure”, regrets Jean-Louis Delrieu, union representative CFE-CGC.
The management of Procter & Gamble has not yet responded to our requests.
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