" It's urgent.
"By Bruno Mettling's own admission, charged in January by the government with a report on the establishment of a social dialogue between digital platforms such as Uber or Deliveroo, to name only the best known, and their drivers and delivery men, the legal and union vagueness could not last any longer.
"Our conviction is that there is an urgent need to get out of the current situation, in particular for the 100,000 workers who have waited too long for a rebalancing of their rights," he declared.
Drivers of transport vehicles with driver (VTC) and bicycle delivery men, who are now part of our daily lives, should benefit from national representatives by 2022.
If, however, the Ministry of Labor and the government adopt the recommendations of this document, written by Bruno Mettling, former HRD at Orange and two other co-rapporteurs, Pauline Trequesser, independent worker and Mathias Dufour, former senior civil servant.
An ordinance is expected to be promulgated by the end of April.
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Concretely, in the spring of 2022, the independent workers of only two sectors, VTC and delivery people, "where the deficit of rights and protection is most glaring" according to Bruno Mettling, will appoint each of the representatives.
The traditional unions, but also the many defense collectives which have formed themselves in recent years in these emerging professions, will be able to participate in the ballot which will take place every two years.
The CFDT welcomed this option "to broaden the participation in the ballot and to facilitate the vote as much as possible".
To adapt as well as possible to this new world, the candidates having gathered 5% of the votes will be considered as representative.
The limit is usually set at 10% in the traditional business world.
Social protection excluded from negotiations
A lowering viewed favorably by Brahim Ben Ali, president of the INV union, which brings together around 2000 VTC drivers.
He calls the Mettling mission “a big step in the right direction”.
"But we must go further", continues the one who says he is fighting "the uberization of society".
“The report recommends the establishment of a labor relations authority for employment platforms,” he explains.
The latter must do more than facilitate dialogue.
It must play the role of arbiter and have the power to sanction.
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After more than fifty hours of hearing, the trio of rapporteurs also decided to exclude social protection from the negotiations.
This should be the subject of specific subsequent discussions.
A decision that may come as a surprise when Spain has just recognized Uber drivers as employees.
“On the contrary, it is very good news, positive Hind Elidrissi, spokesperson for the Indépendants.co union.
By leaving it to the platforms to manage social protection, we would have created a third status.
A new employee in a way, less protected than the traditional employee and better endowed than the self-employed.
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The Deliveroo platform, whose French market is the second in terms of revenue, behind the United Kingdom, on Friday praised "the work of the mission, in that it recognizes the independence of the delivery partners of the platforms. such as Deliveroo, and offers specific social dialogue methods ”.