If the pension crisis has still not been resolved for the unions, Elisabeth Borne intends to put an end to it by opening the debates on work. The Prime Minister declared Thursday July 6 that she would receive Wednesday July 12 at Matignon the unions and the employers “to build together a new pact of life at work”, wanted by Emmanuel Macron.
The CFDT, led by its new general secretary, Marylise Léon, the CGT, FO, the CFE-CGC and the CFTC, representative unions, as well as the Medef, now chaired by Patrick Martin, the CPME and the U2P will be welcomed by the Prime Minister two days before the 100-day deadline set for July 14 by the Head of State.
Elisabeth Borne’s last meeting with each of the unions and employers’ organizations separately, on May 16 and 17, had been marked by bitterness after three months of strikes and demonstrations and the government’s forced passage to have the reform adopted. raising the retirement age to 64. Salaries, conditionality of public aid to companies, employment of seniors are among the topics that were discussed at the time.
After promulgating the contested reform, Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to receive the unions “during May”, but the meeting never materialized.
Until recently, negotiations were underway behind the scenes for a meeting at the Élysée before the summer break. “It may be Matignon, but it would be good at the Élysée,” a government heavyweight said last week.
The announcement of this multilateral meeting with the Prime Minister seems to indicate that the President has had to give up reconnecting in person with the unions for the moment.
In an attempt to end the pension crisis, Emmanuel Macron has put forward the idea of ??a “work life pact” and asked the social partners to build the agenda by this summer and then negotiate it. content “until the end of the year”.
