France, Alternative Libertaire AL #253 (Oct) - Labour law:
Stop breaking the code (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
Two reports released in September proposed to laminate the labor code to profits from
business, under the pretext of alleviating what would be a burden on employment. Faced
with such determination the employers to lead a class struggle without thank you, to us,
employees, raise the head to turn the tide. ---- Adopted in the summer, and Macron
Rebsamen rognaient laws and legal union of employees means defense. MEDEF has applauded
but demand more. The government is preparing this time via Combrexelle and Mettling
reports, total destruction of the wage defense tools, even destruction of the wage itself!
---- The Code is too heavy ... ---- Medef and PS explain repeatedly that these protections
"antiquated" are actually harmful and that workers would be better protected with less
protection ... Demonstration difficult to take exception Pujadas who joined the media
hype: it s 'hurt his arm live on France 2 20 hours trying to weigh a copy of the code! We
do not know whether to advise him to beef up the head or arms ...
Back seriously. Labor law in France based on two essential pillars:
1) The employee is deemed to have a subordinate position in relation to his employer,
subordination that the labor code is supposed to regulate and soften.
2) The Labour Code is a national and inter legal minimum. It can be improved by a
collective agreement of national or local professional branch. The Convention itself can
be improved by a company agreement. Hay small deviations obtained by the bosses over the
years. This is the logic of law to be reversed this time.
Two reports for a goal
The two reports commissioned by the government and delivered the same week of September
advocate for a total revolution finally modern France. The Combrexelle report provides the
means to destroy the labor code Mettling when the report is based on the digital
revolution to tackle the very principle of the wage relation and boldly advance to the
generalization of the self-employed status. Freelance, the nice word for guarantees
related to the employee report / boss will be replaced by the ratio of sales outsourcing
of self-organization. The wage finally abolished slavery, we will all be our own bosses!
The method Combrexelle
Knowing his explosive subject (even if the CFDT, CFTC and CGC have indicated their
readiness to negotiate the subject) Combrexelle remains in a soft focus we will try to
decipher. Caution formulas shows the fear of the government and must multiply our energy
not to negotiate improvements to the margin but to derail the offensive.
The bottom of Combrexelle project is to make the agreement on the priority business law
provided that an agreement of 50% of the trade unions where they exist, validated by the
decisions of employers Direccte (ex-Inspection the work that has no real way of acting)
otherwise. In the latter case, it is specified that the Direccte should oppose that if the
violation of minimum standards is too violent! We understand what awaits the employees of
VSE / SMEs. And all agreements must be reviewed every four years to prevent the
construction of a law linear progress. Negotiations every four years to space the times of
possible tensions. With union and management negotiators trained together to eradicate the
virus of class struggle. "Professionalized" the negotiators to manage the reduction of
collective agreements 700 100 today tomorrow. Tied for negotiations by "method agreements"
branch or group to not negotiate seriously with sophisticated bureaucrats and not field
delegates.
Hollande plans a bill in 2016 to "test" these upheavals affecting negotiations on wages,
jobs, working hours and working conditions. Basically on the essentials. The social
conference on 19 and 20 October must flooring on these proposals. In their respective
unions, activists of AL propose to boycott or at least loud exit this new masquerade.
Jean-Yves (AL 93)
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