The boss of the CGT also judges, in “Le Parisien”, that the decline in unemployment is mainly based on the “development of precariousness”. He asks workers the “widest possible mobilization”.
Le Monde
Salaries, employment, pensions. In a Short and dense interview with the Parisian , the secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, calls to the balance of power with The government on these three subjects, on the eve of the traditional union mobilization of the 1 er -Mai.
For him, the priority is to increase all wages, and in particular to bring the minimum wage to 2,000 euros gross, well beyond 1,645 euros planned from Sunday . Mr. Martinez deplores that in matters of purchasing power, the government insists above all on the premium system paid by the employer and the ad hoc aid:
The Macron premium remains at the good will of employers. And the feedback we have told us that no one has touched the maximum planned. And many employees have touched anything. It takes more restrictive things. Premiums put butter in spinach but they are often spent immediately. However, the year is twelve months!
“Employment quality problem”
As for occasional aid, “all those who are in the galley do not spit on checks”, he concedes, but “the problem of purchasing power is lasting: the best help is to ‘Increase wages “. In his eyes, the executive can also “act, as an employer state, on the index of civil servants”. After debraying at Amazon, Dassault or Thales, “these strikes must become widespread in all sectors to require wage increases”, according to Philippe Martinez.
Regarding employment, “government’s self -sufficiency is no longer possible”, denounces the union leader, who alerts “a development of precariousness and a problem of quality of employment”. Because of the calculation method, “we consider that working a day or a week in the month, it makes the figures [unemployment] lower. But can we pay your rent and eat properly when we work a week a month?” , he asks.
Finally, concerning one of the flagship measures provided by Emmanuel Macron, “we will not be talking about retirement at 65,” said Philippe Martinez.