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Wages are at the heart of the social agenda

10/15/2023, 4:25:46 PM

Highlights: Wages are at the heart of the social agenda. Until the last moment, the government considered cancelling it. Seven trade union organisations (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFTC, CFE-CGC, Solidaires and Unsa) and three employers' organisations (Medef, U2P, CPME) are meeting this Monday. This meeting has been eagerly awaited by all since it was announced, by surprise, at the end of August, by the president.


The topic will be at the heart of the first social conference of the Macron era, as the persistence of inflation continues to eat away at the purchasing power of the French.

Until the last moment, the government considered cancelling it... Finally, the first social conference of the Macron era will take place this Monday. Even if the events in the Middle East and then the attack in Arras have shaken up the government's agendas and the concerns of the French, who until then had been focused on the loss of their purchasing power eroded by a waltz of labels that does not seem to want to stop.

After an exchange with the social partners and the Head of State, the Prime Minister chose to maintain the initial timetable. "We cannot give in or bring the country to a standstill in the face of terrorism," Borne told La Tribune Dimanche. Seven trade union organisations (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFTC, CFE-CGC, Solidaires and Unsa) and three employers' organisations (Medef, U2P, CPME) are meeting this Monday at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) in Paris. This meeting has been eagerly awaited by all since it was announced, by surprise, at the end of August, by the president...

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