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Four out of seven VTC driver unions agreed on Wednesday with the platforms to set up a minimum income of 7.65 euros per trip from February 1.
Several unions of VTC drivers and platforms agreed on Wednesday January 18 to impose a minimum income of 7.65 euros per trip, but the agreement is far from unanimous among the trade unions in the sector, where social dialogue is still in its infancy.
The agreement, which provides for the implementation of a minimum income per trip from 1is February, would raise the price of the smallest ride to around 10.20 euros for the passenger on an application like Uber, including commissions. Three out of seven unions refused to sign the agreement because they were too unambitious.
The signatories are the VTC Association of France (AVF), which alone weighs 42.8% of the votes, the National Federation of Autoentrepreneurs and Microentrepreneurs (FNAE), the CFTC and Unsa.
This agreement “unprecedented in France” will allow “an increase of more than 27% compared to the lowest current net minimum income”, welcomed these organizations in a joint press release.
But for Union (affiliated to the CFDT), the Association of Independent Drivers of Lyon (Acil) and FO – 32.1% between them – this agreement is insufficient. The new minimum rate “will not change anything in the daily activity” of drivers, denounced Union in a press release.
Towards a minimum income per hour or per kilometer?
“Most” VTC (passenger vehicles with driver) “do not accept ‘small races’ deemed unprofitable in the face of rising fuel prices and traffic conditions”, explains the union.
At Uber, where the minimum income per race is currently 6 euros, we welcome the agreement even if “many of these races were declined because they were not profitable enough”, agrees with AFP Laureline Seyries, general manager of Uber France .
The Union union calls for the opening of discussions on the establishment of a minimum income per hour or per kilometer in order to “guarantee a real profitability of the sector”, by remunerating, for example, approach times.
Uber, which has 32,000 drivers using its platform, says it is open to dialogue but “the management of the number of hours spent on the platform raises questions” because drivers can use several applications at the same time, insists Laureline Seyries.
Since last May, the brand new Employment Platforms Regulatory Authority (Arpe) is supposed to organize social dialogue in the sector of VTC drivers and meal delivery, which are very deficient in terms of social rights.
The first elections organized in the spring of 2022 met with very little success with only 1.83% participation among delivery people and 3.91% among VTCs.
With AFP