Twenty-four hours after taking office, the new Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Integration, Olivier Dussopt, began a cycle of bilateral meetings with the social partners on Tuesday May 24. First guest: Laurent Berger. The secretary general of the CFDT was received for an hour with the number two of his confederation, Marylise Léon, and two national secretaries – Yvan Ricordeau and Frédéric Sève. The fact that these series of exchanges begin with the cedist central is probably not trivial: Emmanuel Macron and the government of Elisabeth Borne want to try to relax relations with the number one union, resolutely opposed – like all the others – pension reform.
On the postponement to 65 of the age for opening rights to a pension, “we said again that we did not want to deal with the subject at all (…) during the summer”, declared Mr. Berger at the end of his private meeting with Mr. Dussopt. “I don’t think it’s relevant for us, we have to be serious”, he added. A wish that may be granted because the first “the Minister’s concern is the question of purchasing power”, according to the leader of the CFDT. Mr. Berger wishes that” a conference “ is “very very quickly” organized on this theme, “before the introduction of the law” which will contain various measures to support the standard of living of households, the aim being that “everyone can put forward their proposals”.
Premier contact positif
The ceditist official described as ” good news “ the confirmation, Tuesday morning by Mr. Dussopt, of the revaluation of pensions during the summer. He also reaffirmed his demand for an increase in social minima. He also indicated that the discussion with the Minister had made it possible to address the orders of September 2017 relating to the rewriting of the Labor Code. Texts that the CFDT criticizes because they have impoverished, according to her, social dialogue, in particular in companies.
“We must review [ces ordonnances]hammered Mr. Berger. The CFDT does not speak of their repeal, but of giving more means to staff representatives, more means to deal with questions of safety and health at work, more room for substitutes [dans les instances]. »
The trade unionist deemed the first contact positive. “It’s a good sign that the Minister of Labor wants to meet the trade unions and employers’ organizations fairly soon after his arrival [rue de Grenelle] », summed up Mr. Berger. This one saw it “a desire to work with a method that is that of consultation and dialogue”. Wednesday, Mr. Dussopt must meet the president of Medef, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.