Several unions managed, on Tuesday April 23, to agree with an employers’ organization, the Union of Local Businesses (U2P), on the creation of a universal time savings account (CETU) and the subject of professional retraining, without the two other employers’ organizations, the Movement of Companies of France (Medef) and the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME). The CETU must allow employees to save leave, RTT and bonuses, to use them later in their career.
On behalf of the U2P, which represents artisans, traders and liberal professions, Pierre Burban welcomed a “very nice pairing” on CETU and underlined “a certain consensus” on reconversions, while the CFDT negotiator, Yvan Ricordeau, expressed an opinion “positive of course on CETU, but also on retraining”.
” A bet “
The U2P, a minority employers’ organization, took the initiative to initiate new negotiations on the CETU and professional retraining after the failure, on April 10, of discussions on the “life at work pact”.
After two sessions, the negotiators arrived at two separate texts. The first on CETU should have the approval of the CFDT, the CFTC and perhaps FO, subject to approval by the authorities of these organizations. The CGT clearly said that it would not sign, the CFE-CGC seeing it as a system “too uncertain”. The second, on reconversions, received a positive opinion from the CFDT, the CFTC, and the CFE-CGC, FO recognizing “some progress”while the CGT saw ” a bet “.
Medef and CPME, very hostile to CETU, did not attend the negotiations, judging the U2P’s approach “disloyal”.