Three unions representing the energy sector -the CGT, FO and CFDT- have signed an agreement on wage increases in the electricity and gas industry (IEG), a first step before the opening of wage negotiations by the companies , we learned this Tuesday from concordant sources.
This agreement provides for a general increase in the national basic salary of 3.3% in two stages, with a retroactivity of 1% on July 1, 2022 and the balance of 2.3% on January 1, 2023, he told AFP Claude Martin, negotiator of the branch agreement for the FNME-CGT, majority with 39.68%.
In the event that the increase does not guarantee a minimum floor of 1,040 euros gross per year in 2023, an additional provision is foreseen to ensure at least 80 euros per month for all, he added, a measure that will benefit low wages.
review clause
A “review clause” is also planned for July to “check the impact of inflation,” according to Martin.
After consulting its affiliates, the CFE-CGC refused to sign the agreement, considering it “insufficient to cover inflation” and likely to “create distortions to the detriment of management,” Alexandre Grillat, national secretary, told AFP.
“EDF is delighted with the signing of this agreement that testifies to the vigor of social dialogue within the IEG,” a spokesman for the management told AFP.
This agreement is only a step, because now it is up to the unions in their companies to negotiate additional measures to compensate for inflation.
“It’s a first step, because our index was frozen for years and there was no longer a branch agreement, but it’s not enough,” said Claude Martin.
While a strike movement started several weeks ago is aimed at pressuring wage negotiations at EDF, the first bilateral meetings will start on Wednesday between the unions and the electrician’s management, according to the group.
The IEG branch had 157 companies as of December 31, 2021, including EDF, Engie, local gas and electricity distribution companies.
Source: BFM TV
