Energy unions focus on directors' pay as strikes continue despite legal threats

France

Strike action in the energy sector is continuing despite legal threats from employers. Unions are looking for a 5% pay increase but the employers have not budged on the 0.3% paid at the beginning of the year. To highlight their arguments the unions have revealed salary details for directors at the ERdF and GRdF distribution companies where overall executive saw their pay increase by 14% between 2007 and 2008. Strike action at nuclear power stations has continued in the fact of legal threats by employers although EDF decided to withdraw its court action to try to block a call for strike action.
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