The unions and management of LCL, a retail banking network belonging to Crédit Agricole, are stuck like last year with compulsory annual negotiations (NAO).
The new general director Serge Magdeleine calls for (…) quality social dialogue, a spokesperson for the bank said on Thursday in a statement sent to AFP. Representative and managerial unions parted ways on Monday on a note of disagreementthe first judging the management’s proposals insufficient.
The bank therefore decided to unilaterally implement its proposals, in addition to paying a value sharing bonus (PPV or Macron bonus) of 500 euros at the end of December for the majority of employees. It remains much lower than that of Crdit Mutuel Alliance fédérale, which distributed 3,000 euros to each of its employees at the end of the year, from Socit Generale (1200 euros) or from BNP Paribas (1000 euros).
A strike movement called by the unions
The former Crédit lyonnais is going through an atypical period of negotiations: they began at the end of last year with the outgoing general director, Michel Mathieu, and have continued since January with the new boss, until then general director of Crdit Agricole Alpes Provence. Some similarities remain, since the unions have not ruled out a strike movement. They haven’t sent notice yet.
Previous salary negotiations at LCL resulted in a strike at the start of 2023, a rare occurrence at the time in the banking sector. But negotiations were tougher at the end of last year. BNP Paribas, BPCE and Crdit Agricole have, for example, experienced movements of this type.
Elected staff members at LCL also alerted management last May about the poor working conditions which, according to them, led to a record rate of resignations.