The secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, calls in a column published by the
JDD
for an immediate 15% increase in salaries in the social and medico-social sector, where employees are "
three quarters of women
" who should be "
THE great cause of the five-year term
", in his eyes.
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“
The social and medico-social sectors are dying from a lack of national consistency in their financing and management.
This creates a breach of the principle of equal treatment and access to the public service
”, he notes.
“
These sectors are essential for social cohesion.
It is urgent to get them out of short-term logic.
The inclusion of a fifth risk through a new branch of Social Security goes in this direction.
It is also necessary to ensure long-term and sufficient funding
, ”continues Mr. Berger.
But, he also underlines, "
behind these policies, there are professionals, three quarters of women, who, on a daily basis, engage with the most vulnerable
", and "
they were to be THE great cause of the five-year term.
".
However, “
their payslips are below the average by more than 25%
” and “
their working and employment conditions are marked by a strong use of part-time work and precarious contracts, a high loss experience, a high rate of loss. 'work stoppages and a lack of recognition of the arduous nature of their jobs
”.
For many of these “
underpaid
”
jobs
, “
an immediate salary increase of 15% is necessary to reduce these abysmal differences, and give these professionals some of the republican value of equality,
” concludes the union leader. .