France: in front of the bosses, the Mayor sounds the death knell for "whatever the cost"
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The French Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, on August 25, 2021 at the summer university of the employers' organization Medef, in Paris.
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The French Minister of the Economy announced the end of “whatever it costs”, in front of the business leaders gathered Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at the Longchamp racecourse, in Paris, for the Meeting of the entrepreneurs of France of the employers' organization Medef.
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Bruno Le Maire affirms it: the French government will stop supporting all economic sectors, as it has done almost without counting since the start of the health crisis, in 2020.
Of course, the risks of the Delta variant are still looming.
But the figures say it, activity is picking up.
Now that the growth outlook is at 6%, the minister says he hopes that companies will make a gesture towards employees, to improve their lot.
Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy
There are French people who work, who work a lot, who have a low level of qualification, who work in jobs which are difficult, which are restrictive from the point of view of schedules.
They must have fair remuneration for their work.
So, I remain very constant on this subject, I will not give up on this subject, we must open this debate.
The tenant of Bercy talks about jobs in tension, such as catering for example.
But even outside these sectors, Jérôme Ripoll, specialist in social dialogue in companies, has a feeling that employees find it difficult to be heard.
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Once a year, companies have what they call NAOs, mandatory annual negotiations,” he
explains.
When I discuss it with all the social partners, regardless of the central trade unions - CFE, CGC, CFDT, FO or UNSA - they find that from the point of view of individual and general increase, they do not find it.
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While business has picked up for many of them, companies expect a difficult return to work, between strong social expectations and a health context that remains very uncertain.
Alain Adam, President of the Paganetti Thermique industrial group
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