Request for a salary increase, denunciation of a dialogue with management deemed “very unsatisfactory”: more than a hundred employees of Worldline, a specialist in banking transactions, gathered on Tuesday in front of the company’s headquarters in Puteaux, a first since 2010 for this CAC40 group.
The four representative unions, the CFDT, the CFTC, the CFE-CGC and FO, had called on the employees to strike for two hours on Tuesday morning.
Worldline offers banks and merchants online payment and financial transaction software, and has nearly 3,800 employees in France.
The French group, a former subsidiary of Atos, achieved sales of around two billion euros in the first half. He believes he has regained a good momentum this year. He lost money overall in the first six months, but some businesses made a profit.
We ask for profit sharing, said Vincent Biaggi, deputy central delegate at the CFDT. Wordline has made good margins, the profits should be spread among everyone, he added.
Employees interviewed by AFP deplore a remuneration below other companies within the CAC 40.
Given inflation, Bouhary Mouhamadmansour, of the FO union, called for a wage catch-up of around 8 to 10% for all positions, a demand shared by the three representative unions.
Management responded negatively to all social and wage demands, he regretted.
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For remuneration as for the agreements on teleworking, the social dialogue is very unsatisfactory, was indignant Julie Noir de Chazournes, delegate of the CFE-CGC union.
The unions also regret that the financial advantages of other companies that have come under Worldline’s fold (such as Ingenico, manufacturer of payment terminals) are gradually disappearing.
The strike movement was followed in the national branches of Worldline, such as Blois (Loir-et-Cher), Seclin (Nord) and Lyon.