The staff of GRDF (distribution of gas), on Tuesday
"refused"
the salary proposals of the management during a first day of negotiations marked by a rally in Paris where the demonstrators poured an odorant of gas in the street to mark their disagreement, we learned from the CGT and management.
“The 3.6% increase in the national basic salary”
is
“far from filling the gap observed”
with inflation in particular, indicates the CGT in a press release released on Tuesday evening.
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"Despite a strong participation in successive strike movements, the management leaves its agents on the sidelines of what is done elsewhere
," adds the text.
The CGT estimates that cumulative inflation from 2021 to 2023 in France
“will exceed 12%”
and is asking for a 6.9% salary increase in 2022 “
to maintain the purchasing power
” of employees.
"More than 250 gas operators from all over France gathered"
for a general meeting and to take stock of the management's proposals, according to the CGT.
“The staff refused them”
.
“Faced with the indecency of the management's proposals, a strong smell of gas invaded rue Condorcet
,” adds the union.
"It required the intervention of firefighters and Emergency Gas
", but the agents
"did not question the security chain"
, says the union.
According to the management, contacted on Tuesday evening, the demonstrators did not spill gas, but a canister gas odorant which is used for testing machines, without immediate danger to human health.
The management did not wish to communicate on the proposals and the progress of the negotiations.
The next salary negotiation session at GRDF is scheduled for Thursday 27 October.
The group employs 11,449 people throughout France.