Four-day week in the civil service: why are the unions opposed to it?. In his general policy speech, Gabriel Attal asked his ministers to experiment with a 36-hour week in four days in the public service.

For the confederal secretary Nathalie Bazire, 9 hours a day would be too much for the employees. “Is this a social advance? No!” exclaims Dominique Corona, number 2 of the UNSA. "We have colleagues who will have physically demanding jobs, which would not hold up on longer days,” insists the trade unionist.