France
The eight trade union federations in the public sector have attacked the government for announcing further cuts in jobs and are demanding immediate negotiations over pay. The unions point out that public sector pay is failing to keep pace with increases in the minimum wage which is now effectively the minimum wage in the public sector. The unions also want a debate over jobs and the impact on services.
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The public service federations - Fp-Cgil, Cisl-Fp, Uil-Fpl and Uil-Pa - have set out clearly their demands on the government in advance of their big regional mobilisations on 1st, 2nd and 3rd July. The trade unions argue that the current and previous governments have failed to undertake serious reform and instead have hampered change by freezing collective bargaining since 2010 as well as freezing recruitment and cutting 222000 jobs. The federations maintain that a proper process of reform can only be effective through negotiation and they indicate that they are willing and ready to undertake
Eight public service federations – CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, FA, FO, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA – have issued a joint statement on the need for urgent action to improve pay for civil servants and public sector employees. The unions argue that the five index-point increase for public sector workers implemented this year was already foreseen in 2023 and that no further increase is planned for 2024. The government has given no indication that any negotiations will take place to cover 2024 and in the light of this the unions were due to meet this month to consider what action to take, with the prospect of
Federations from right across the public services will be united in national demonstration in Rome on 8 November over the continuing freeze of collective bargaining and the refusal of the government of any social dialogue about reform of public administration. The federations represent workers in education, health, safety and rescue services, universities, research bodies, public administration, social services and local government. In the lead up to the demonstration all the federations will be active in workplaces building for the march and making the arguments for the funding, training and
