The Minister of the Civil Service Stanislas Guerini confirmed that public officials mobilized during the Olympics would receive bonuses of 500, 1,000 or even 1,500 eurosdepending on their degree of involvement and the impact of the event on their profession.
“A special, additional device” is planned “for the security forces, who will be particularly mobilized”he added this Saturday on franceinfoa few weeks following the government’s announcement of bonuses of up to 1,900 euros for certain police officers and gendarmes.
Stanislas Guerini also announced that 10,000 universal service employment vouchers (Cesu) would be paid to civil servants mobilized during the Olympics, up to 200 euros per child as a general rule and 350 euros per child for single-parent families.
“We are going to put in place nursery placesreserve 1,000 places in holiday centers to be able to further help families who send children to summer camp”he concluded.
Calls for strike
Two days following calls for strikes launched by the CGT and FO, the minister insisted that “the whole country wants there to be no strikes” during the Olympic (July 26-August 11) and Paralympic (August 28-September 8) Games.
“This moment (the Games, Editor’s note) must be a moment of success for the nation”insisted Stanislas Guerini. “I meet a lot of public officials, there is not one who has announced to me their intention to strike” during the event, he assured.
Thursday, the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet affirmed that the union would file in April strike notice in the three branches of the civil service (State, territorial, hospital), for the period covering the Olympic Games.
A few hours following this announcement from the first public sector union, the second (Force Ouvrière) followed suit by announcing a strike notice running from March 19, the day of inter-union mobilization for the salaries of public employees, to September 8 .
The CFDT (3rd union) and the Unsa (4th) have conversely made it known that at this stage they are not calling for mobilization in the public service during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Stanislas Guerini judged “very inaccurate” the unions’ assertion that there would be no dialogue with the government to prepare for the Olympic Games.
A meeting between the administration and the unions is scheduled for Tuesday, he recalled.
