Unions attack inadequate rise in minimum wage
Unions have criticised the 3.05% increase in the minimum wage - the SMIC - as being too low. The increase takes the hourly SMIC to €8.27 and the monthly figure to €1,254.28 for a 35-hour week. The SMIC increases each year in line with inflation and an index of workers' pay. This year the minimum increase required by law was 2.85% but the government added a discretionary 0.3%. [Read more at > CGT (FR)->http://www.cgt.fr/internet/html/lire/?id_doc=4248] [Read more at > FO (FR)->http://www.force-ouvriere.fr/index.asp?lk=e&id=449&theme_choisi=Org.%20-%20Conventions%20collec.] [Read more at > CFDT-