Casualization as a Social Model in France? Definitely No!

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Published on Thursday, 14 September 2017 13:53

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1481 .... September 13, 2017
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Casualization as a Social Model in France? Definitely No!

Confédération générale du travail (CGT - France)

On August 31st, the French government finally published decrees which alter labour law, for the second time in little over a year. Less rights for workers, more power for employers: that is, in a nutshell, the contents of this new law.

This further social retrenchment goes much further than the previous reform (so-called "El-Khomri Law"), although the El-Khomri Law was explicitly condemned by the United Nations as contrary to France’s international Commitments and against which a complaint has been lodged with the International Labour Organization.

Under the pretext of efficiency -- but more so in order to reduce to nil any in-depth discussion and restrict protests --...

this pro-employer reform has been adopted through a fast-track process, i.e. with Parliament reduced to mere rubberstamping and unions granted a grand total of six hours each for consultation!

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