To fight against global warming and avoid power cuts this winter, small individual gestures will not be enough.

The refrain recurs regularly, and seven out of ten French people also consider that they are making enough efforts on their side according to the latest "French Fractures" barometer from Ispos-Sopra Steria, and that it is up to the State and companies to act.

A call heard by the Medef and the unions, which transmitted to the government the "report" of their discussions on energy sobriety.

Asked by the government at the beginning of the summer to make their proposals known, unions and employers met on September 13, and “wanted to identify simple and pragmatic measures”, before the presentation of a plan by the government Thursday.

The text lists proposals, all of which do not meet with consensus among the participants.

The CGT, which took part in the discussions, ultimately did not wish to sign the document, unlike the other representative trade union organizations (CFDT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC) and employers (Medef, CPME, U2P) .

"Turn off the signs, change the bulbs to LEDs, close the doors"

First proposal, “regulate (the) temperatures in the workplace”.

The text recalls "the usefulness of optimizing heating temperatures to 19° and air conditioning to 26° as far as possible" while emphasizing that this measure "must not harm well-being, health and the safety of employees (…) who occupy static positions”.

It must pass, according to the unions, through “discussions within the framework of negotiation and local social dialogue”, it is specified.

Another consensual proposal, “manage energy consumption and fight against energy waste”: it is necessary to “turn off the signs, change the bulbs to LEDs, close the doors”, put the electrical equipment on standby, etc.

Third point, the most subject to tensions: “arrange working time”.

“According to employers' organisations, working time arrangements can reduce energy consumption” and “differentiated working time slots” can “be a factor in limiting consumption peaks.

For the trade unions, this must be done through negotiation with the social partners,” write the authors.

According to union sources, employee representatives fear that employers will rely on this argument to extend night or weekend work, and more broadly to increase the flexibility of working time.



Both sides also diverge on the question of mobility: if some unions wish to extend to companies with fewer than 50 employees the obligation to negotiate a mobility plan, and envisage an "increase in the payment of transport costs in common”, “some employers’ organizations have reservations about such an orientation”.

Unions and employers agree on the other hand on the establishment of "referents of energy sobriety", the refusal of a "systematic generalization of teleworking" or the need to consider "longer-term investments" (renovation of building , renewable energies).

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