Employers and unions accept the hand extended to them by the government. In ” statement “ of a few lines sent to the press, Medef said it was ready, Friday October 27, to begin negotiations this fall to try to amicably resolve the dispute opposing, for several weeks, the executive and the social partners on Agirc-Arrco, the private supplementary pension fund. This initiative reflects a desire for appeasement shared by several employee organizations.
Medef’s position responds to a signal of openness sent three days earlier by Bercy. On October 24, Thomas Cazenave, the Minister for Public Accounts, announced that the power in place no longer intended, ” at this stage “, to impose financial participation in Agirc-Arrco, a scheme co-managed by employer and employee organizations. But he specified that this decision was subject to one condition: the opening of discussions between social partners with the aim of them making a voluntary gesture in favor of our pay-as-you-go system, for example in the form of a dedicated envelope. to the revaluation of small pensions.
“We demand rapid and concrete progress on this point”, insisted Mr. Cazenave. And added that if his request remained a dead letter, the government would table, as planned, an amendment to the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS), currently being examined in Parliament, in order to reduce the revenues of the ‘Agirc-Arrco.
Medef has therefore just taken a step in the direction desired by the government. In his approach, he invokes the national inter-professional agreement (ANI) that employers and unions concluded on October 5 regarding the private supplementary pension fund. The text provides in particular for the creation, by “the end of the first half of 2024”of a “joint working group responsible for defining solidarity mechanisms” for the “beneficiaries of the scheme”. Medef is prepared to ” anticipate “ the negotiations, that is to say to set up this think tank before Christmas, without waiting for the first six months of 2024.
Who will participate in the talks?
This course of action seems to suit several employee organizations. “We are targeting the end of November for the start of work”confides Yvan Ricordeau, number two at the CFDT. “We completely agree to start in November, based on the ANI of October 5”continues Christelle Thieffinne, national secretary of the CFE-CGC. “We will not oppose the acceleration of the timetable”, adds Pascale Coton, vice-president of the CFTC. On the other hand, Force Ouvrière, through the voice of Michel Beaugas, confederal secretary, takes a different view: “We are ready to return to the discussion table in January. »
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