Minimum wage increase disappoints unions

France

Trade unions were hoping that one of the first initiatives of the new socialist president François Hollande would be a significant increase to the national minimum wage. However, the 2% increase has been a disappointment with the CGT pointing out that, taking inflation into account, this is effectively an increase of 0.6% and worth roughly the equivalent of a loaf of bread a week The CFDT sees the increase as just one of a number of measures that are needed to improve pay and tackle precarious work while FO argues that it is an inadequate response to the sacrifices forced on low paid workers over the past six years.
Read more at > CGT (FR)
And at > CFDT (FR)
And at > FO (FR)

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