Confronted with the hostility of the unions, the president of Medef Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, closed on Tuesday the debate on an extension of working time after the confinement he had opened on Saturday.
An increase in working time "can only be done in social dialogue with unions, by company: I read their answer, so the debate is closed in a certain way, since they all answered more or less strongly that it was out of the question, "explained on Europe 1 the leader of the main French employers' organization.
Work more to "support the economic recovery"
Saturday, in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro, the boss of the bosses had judged that “it (should) be asked sooner or later the question of working time, holidays and paid holidays to accompany the economic recovery and facilitate , by working a little harder, creating additional growth. "
Because "the important thing is to restart the economic machine and reproduce mass wealth, in an attempt to erase, from 2021, the growth losses of 2020", evaluated at 8% of French GDP.
A "misplaced" proposal for unions
"This proposal to work more is totally indecent," was indignant Sunday on France 2 number 1 of CFDT Laurent Berger, while several unions criticized an initiative "moved". "On the" work more ", let us be clear: what I said is that I hope that in a few months demand will start again," justified Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.
“We can hope that after the summer or in September, companies will have production delays to catch up. And the idea was to work more to earn more, not to work more to earn less, as I read, "added the boss of Medef, who hopes to find" still a space for discussion at the start of the school year "with trade unions.
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