After the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, and on the eve of the demonstrations of May 1, Philippe Martinez insists that we must not "
leave a blank check
" to the President of the Republic.
In an interview with Le
Parisien
, the secretary general of the CGT dismisses the increase in the retirement age to 65, which he does not want to hear about.
But he largely claims a revaluation of the Smic, "
to 2000 euros gross
".
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On May 1, the minimum wage will benefit from an automatic increase of 2.65%, or 33 euros net per month, thus bringing the minimum wage to 1645.58 euros gross monthly (i.e. 1302.64 euros net) for 35 hours of weekly work.
Philippe Martinez recalls, however, that after the introduction of this increase, "
a large majority of the minimums of branches will fall below
" the minimum wage.
He cites, for example, “
the collective agreements of the hotel-café-restaurant branch
”.
On
France Inter
this Saturday, the union official indicated that when "
the Smic increases, it would take an increase in the minimums of branches
", so that "
all levels evolve in the same way
".
According to Philippe Martinez, financial aid is not a solution because it "
is punctual
".
The same goes for bonuses which “
put butter in the spinach
” but which “
are often spent right away
”.
He calls on employees to strike to "
demand wage increases
".
“
We need the widest possible mobilization
”, underlines the secretary general of the CGT.
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He specifies that certain “
conflicts are already there
”, as at Thalès or Amazon.
At the beginning of April, the employees of the American giant went on strike in eight French logistics sites.
The employees demanded a "
general salary increase of 5% minimum
", against 3% advanced by the management of Amazon.
In mid-April, Amazon France raised its proposal for a general wage increase from 3% to 3.5% during the last negotiation meeting, an offer deemed “
inadmissible
” by the inter-union.
