The unions ask that the staff benefit from this to some extent. If the profits that were paid out through dividends had flowed to the employees, they could have received a premium of 200 euros.
ACV, ABVV and ACLVB point out that the diestecheque sector largely relies on subsidies. If a user pays 9 euros per hour, the government will pay double that amount. “So in effect, public money is making shareholders richer and household helpers poor,” concludes Issam Benali.
“And this while the aim of the policy is to pay the household helpers correctly. But we see that the shareholders are running away with it,” argue the unions. “Wages in this sector are among the lowest, with an average of 1,150 euros gross per month.” That is why the unions want to negotiate a decent wage and a good travel allowance.
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