“Medals and thanks don’t pay rent. “ It is on this disillusioned observation that Solidaires and two other public service unions, the CGT and the FSU, slammed the door of the meeting on wages that the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service, Amélie de Montchalin, was held on Thursday, December 9.
The sticking point is again and again the general and immediate reassessment of the index point, which would concretely amount to increasing all civil servants. All the unions are asking for it, recalling the mobilization of the public service during the health crisis. Butme de Montchalin explained to them that in his eyes “All the conditions do not seem to be present today” for such a measure. On the one hand, because “The economic situation remains uncertain” ; on the other hand, because it requires “Prior consultation of all public employers”.
The minister promoted the measures announced in recent months. Thus, category C agents, who are 1.2 million, will benefit from a revaluation, so that none of them is paid below the minimum wage. She mentioned Ségur and the increase in the salaries of health personnel. She recalled that agents whose salary was less than 2,000 euros would receive the “inflation allowance” of 100 euros. She finally promised that after the revaluation of the lowest wages in October, due to the rise in inflation, a new measure would be decided in the coming days.
The civil servant remuneration mechanism
But, said the minister, “The time is over for technical adjustments to a system that is at the end of its rope”. And she assured that the conference on the salary outlook would continue. This cycle of discussions with the unions, launched on September 19 – and which is due to end in February – aims to reflect on the dysfunctions of the civil servant remuneration mechanism. Once “The shared diagnosis” posed, the Minister considered that it would be necessary “Go faster and further” when opening “A negotiation” salary. When ? In 2022, after the presidential election.
Not enough to satisfy the representatives of the agents. The CGT, FSU and Solidaires announced, after leaving Thursday’s meeting, “The end of their participation in the salary conference cycle”. Event, they point out, “Whose legitimacy is compromised by the absence of participation of organizations representing a majority of staff”. Force Ouvrière had already announced its departure on November 16.
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