For Elisabeth Borne, the text drawn up by unions and employers constitutes a “historical advance”.
by Thibaud Métais and Bertrand Bissuel
Elisabeth Borne intends to show that she has consideration for the social partners. Monday, February 20, the Prime Minister undertook to transcribe into the law, in a “faithful and total” manner, a draft national interprofessional agreement (Ani) recently drawn up by the employers and by the unions on “the sharing of the value within the company “. “We will respect the compromise found,” she said, seeing it as a “historic advance” for women and men working in small societies. Within the majority, however, there are a few to want to go a little further.
The promise of M me was made during a Renaissance convention, the presidential party, devoted to the redistribution of wealth created by companies. The Ani, which must be transposed into the law, was developed on February 10 after three months of negotiations. It is intended to serve as a toolbox to improve the remuneration of workers, in a context where the prices outbreak amputates the purchasing power of millions of households.
Among the provisions of this text which attract attention, there is one which applies to companies from 11 to 49 people: they will be required to establish a “legal value sharing” mechanism (participation , profit -sharing, etc.) if they generate, for three consecutive years, a significant benefit, at least equal to 1 % of their turnover. Regarding companies with at least 50 employees, discussions will have to open in order to “better take into account the exceptional results” carried out in France. A measure that resonates with the debate, launched from several laws, on superprofits.
At this stage, the text was ratified by the CFDT, the CFTC and the three employers’ movements (Medef, Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises, Union of local companies). Force Ouvrière will give its position on Wednesday, February 22, while the CFE-CGC will do it five days later. As for the CGT, its decision will fall on February 28 and will be very likely negative.
All unraveling would be “a stab”
Among the already signatory organizations, several of them have insisted that the Ani was transposed as it is in the law. “Any detracting of this agreement would be for me a stab in the back of the social partners!” Said Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, the president of Medef, Sunday February 19 on Europe 1. The next day, Laurent Berger, number one of the CFDT, hammered an identical discourse: “The agreement must be respected by the Parliament.” M me bounded therefore gave them success, Monday.
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