France
Public sector unions within the CGT confederation joined a major day of action on 11 October calling for an increase in salaries and policies to tackle precarious employment. The CGT estimated that some 200 demonstrations took place across the country, calling for pay rises to protect purchasing power and as a step towards a fairer distribution of income in the face of the trend to higher pay for top executives.
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In response to the widespread problem of undeclared work, the European Commission is planning to set up a new EU Platform to bring together all the various national enforcement bodies that are trying to tackle the issue - in particular, labour inspectorates, social security, and tax authorities - along with social partners. The Commission says that the platform will provide a forum for experts to meet and exchange best practices, develop their knowledge of undeclared work and even engage in operational cooperation. While welcoming the initiative, EPSU points out that austerity, that limits
Public service federations, including FSC-CCOO and FeSP-UGT, have welcomed a new three-year agreement that could deliver pay increases of more than 9% by the end of 2024. Following government imposed pay rises of only 0.9% in 2021 and initially only 2% in 2022, unions pushed the government to open negotiations and respond to the cost-of-living crisis. There will now be an additional 1.5% increase in 2022 backdated to January. In 2023 there will be an increase of 2.5% but two further increases of 0.5% will follow depending on the level of inflation and economic output. There will also be a 2.0%
