CGT leader Sophie Binet called on the government to “bury” the unemployment insurance reform and “repeal” the pension reform on Wednesday during the second day of meetings between the social partners and the Prime Minister.
The CGT has informed Michel Barnier and the Minister of Labour, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, of “the need to definitively bury the reform of unemployment insurance and return control to the social actors” in order to set the compensation rules, declared Sophie Binet, in the courtyard of Matignon.
In this regard, “the Minister for Labour has told us that she shares the need to return control over the issue of employment for the elderly and unemployment insurance to the social actors,” said Sophie Binet, following an hour-long interview.
“There is no other solution than repeal”
Regarding the much-questioned pension reform, the Montreuil trade union centre also considered that “there is no other solution than repeal” and proposed “a conference on the financing of our pensions”.
Sophie Binet also warned the Prime Minister on the issue of wages, stating that “it is not a question of trying to increase net wages by reducing gross wages”, to the detriment of social protection.
“The Prime Minister listened to us politely, he told us that he wanted to be useful to the country,” said Sophie Binet. But, she continued, “our concerns remain, which is why the CGT calls on workers to mobilise” on 1 October, together with the FSU and Solidaires, to demand the revaluation of wages, the repeal of the pension reform and the defence of public authorities.
Asked about Bruno Retailleau’s (LR) comments on immigration, the CGT also said it was “extremely concerned to hear some words from the far right coming from the Minister of the Interior”. After the Minister of the Economy was called to order on Tuesday by Michel Barnier because of his comments on the Republican arc, Sophie Binet estimated that “the Prime Minister cannot (cannot) not be the object of Marine Le Pen’s wishes. Consultations will continue at midday with the CFE-CGC, then on Thursday with the CFTC, the CPME and the U2P.
Source: BFM TV
