CFDT Calls for Overhauling Aid to Companies to Encourage Fair Wages

“I think we have a job to do to overhaul all the aid for businesses“, says Marylise Léon, invited Thursday July 13 of the “8:30 am franceinfo”, after having participated the day before in a meeting in Matignon with the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne. For the general secretary of the CFDT, “the question is not to say we are eliminating aid to businesses” more “to know what they do“. She numbers them at “around 200 billion euros“.

In his viewfinder, there is “companies that do not negotiate“on wages” and “who still have coefficients below the minimum wage“. For the trade unionist, “they should no longer be able to benefit from this aid”. At present, “there are many exemptions from employer contributions for coefficients close to the minimum wage“, recalls Marylise Léon.

The CFDT wants to grant this aid to companies under conditions

According to her, these companies are numerous: “130 branches [professionnelles] out of 171 of more than 5,000 employees“are concerned.”Everyone is paid minimum wage“, supports the secretary general of the CFDT. Result, “if you have three coefficients, five coefficients, eight coefficients under the Smic” in a society, “everyone is paid the sameand so, “there is no recognition of work or skills“, which is “unacceptable“.

The CFDT is not fighting this fight alone, “the question of the conditionality of aid” East “supported by many trade unions“, advances Marylise Léon. “We are at work to see what can be worn together“, and thus give a new breath to the inter-union born during the pension reform. “We will see by the end of the year what are the few proposals that could be brought together“, she adds.

The entire inter-union, as well as employers, participated in this meeting around the head of government to lay the foundations for a new social agenda. “A good first step“, greets Marylise Léon. The social partners had “guarantees of being able to establish a dialogue from September“, with the government.”It was helpful“, summarizes the trade unionist.