(en) France, Coordination of Anarchist Groups - IAL #101 - Un?dic: insecurity full time? - World of work - Social Struggles (fr, pt)

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UNEDIC for National Interprofessional Union for Employment and Development in the Trade 
and Industry. Its mission? It is the association responsible for public service delegation 
of the management of unemployment insurance in France in cooperation with P?le Emploi. 
---- Operation - Unemployment insurance is funded by employee ? e ? s and the private 
sector who pay. It aims to provide income replacement to employees ? e ? s ? e ? 
involuntarily s employment and accelerate their return to work by the aid and funding of 
services adapted. These are the social partners - MEDEF, CGPME and UPA management side and 
CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC, CGT and CGT-FO, wage side - that define the terms of an agreement of 
institutions, organization, status and Un?dic assignments, it is concluded for an 
indefinite period and renegotiated regularly.

The principle of solidarity inter - Interprofessional solidarity is the principle that 
every worker, worker contributes a percentage of his salary to the same unemployment 
insurance fund (UNEDIC). Solidarity, as the worker ? s ? is allow those who are unemployed 
to survive until they find them and paid work. Interprofessional because employee ? e ? s 
areas where there is little unemployment contribute as much as others and those sectors 
with high unemployment thus receive higher wages that the sector can generate benefits. As 
the contributor ? e ? s ? e ? healthy s support severally sick people in difficulty on 
Social Security. Unemployment is neither more nor less than an insurance system to protect 
Contributors beneficiaries in case of problems. So it definitely remains a right and not a 
privilege.

Unedic march 22 agreement.

In the wake of austerity policies that run the world today, Fran?ois Hollande has chosen 
discipline. The rigor of a political line to drastically cut public spending to curb the 
increase inextricable a gaping deficit. Because yes, the 2008 financial crisis has been 
there. And those are the extensive plans of government budgetary support to banks in 
particular that blew up the US deficit. So today it is the institutions that are in 
crisis... And these are the unemployed ? is ? s who have lost their jobs in the crisis and 
precarious that will tighten the belt! But let's get to UNEDIC agreement of 22 March and 
why this new agreement will impact the beneficiaries of unemployment insurance.

Regarding the unemployed ? is ? s overall plan, they and they now have rechargeable 
rights. Accessible at the end of the initial period of compensation and if they have 
worked 150 hours during the 28 months following the opening of Rights rechargeable rights 
give rise to a minimum of 30 days of additional compensation. To charge these rights, it 
will be sure to work in this new benefit period. This is an incentive to return to work or 
encouragement to accept, more or less "free" any small job at any price, given the 
continuing need to reload a "capital" benefit entitlements.

Interim see their schedule devoid of any substance and compensation rules aligned with the 
general scheme. More than 70% of agency, the agreement will result in lower revenues will 
reach an average of 200 euros per month.

The employee ? e ? s victims of unfair dismissal will be dissuaded from making use of a 
fundamental right, the right to apply the Labour Court. Indeed if in compensation 
following a court decision, they may be deducted from benefits paid by job center. 
Following a conventional termination or dismissal, and they they will have their 
compensation deferred until exhaustion of benefits termination.

The unemployed ? is ? s seniors will challenged maintain their benefits until the age of 
retirement. Over 65 years will be a "solidarity levy" on their remuneration will be paid 
to the unemployment insurance system. Due to the increase in life expectancy in others.

And finally intermittent ? e ? s the show will have their schedules again undermined with 
this agreement. First, because it renewed the Protocol of 2003, despite the strength of 
proposals prepared and pooled for 10 years. The reforms of 2003 resulted in many breaches 
of rights and 70% more precarious (many of them have switched to general system). Now 
deferred compensation will be applied to employees regarding a monthly salary from 900 
euros. This can easily deferred to 1 month. This unfair measure strikes average earners. 
This measure will affect 47% of intermittent (formerly deferred set up for higher wages 
touched only 9% of intermittent compensation). Social contributions will be increased by 
2%, which will have a real impact on small companies and small productions (increased 
moonlighting). For cons, the ceiling salary / allowances which the Minister of Labour 
shall as is so high... it will affect virtually anyone.

On the other hand, as is already the rule, a ? e ? e intermittent working both in the 
general plan and in notes 8 and 10, which failed to work 507 H 319 or 304 days, bascule in 
general, and rechargeable rights regime with obligation to exhaust those rights before 
eventually return to the intermittently. These negotiations took place at the headquarters 
of MEDEF, in the absence of effective representation of the profession. Today over 80% of 
new hires are in CSD. Most worker ? s ? is therefore live with constant uncertainty, and 
this uncertainty is a factor of daily difficulties. Be regularly looking for a job, lack 
clarity on his career, do not justify the necessary guarantees to housing, credit, 
personal project, to be available to employers and pending a possible phone call, etc. In 
short, these difficulties generate insecurity for workers ? is ? s. Unless one believes 
that this insecurity that we must not forget is a great adjustment variable for employers, 
must be clearly recognized and supported by adequate social coverage. This is the case for 
example specific plans intermittent ? e ? s entertainers and acting that are being 
undermined today, with the goal for all the leveling and bottom.

For the record: "In 1936 was created the intermittent employee multi-employer scheme for 
film technicians and managers, encouraged by film producers who at the time were not 
technicians, often artisans and workers in various corporations (carpenters, painters, 
decorators, contractors). They prefer to work with a boss with a fixed pay throughout the 
year, making it difficult for the cinema to find staff for short and specific periods. 
With this particular plan, they could work for films a few months and the rest of the time 
gave them a cash allowance to continue to live and especially to be available. " 1.

SV

UAF group Montpellier

1. Plan intermittent: A bit of history. - Alain Rabot - Legi Show
Coordination and Intermittent Precarious - http://www.cip-idf.org/UNEDIC - Impact of New 
Convention Unemployment Insurance - http://www.unedic.org