2024-01-29 06:36:00
The EDF inter-union launched a call for a national strike this Tuesday, January 30 in order to encourage management to return to the negotiating table on the question of wages. However, this strike should not result in a power cut.
EDF employees are called to strike this Tuesday, January 30 in order to encourage management to return to the negotiating table on the subject of wages. The unions are demanding in particular that all agents benefit from better increases.
This day of strike will result in “load reductions (electricity production) and the cessation of work on the units (nuclear reactors) which are under maintenance”reports Arnaud Barlet, CFE-CGC central union secretary for EDF SA, cited by Cnews.
No voluntary cuts planned
“The consequences are for the finances of the company, since if we produce less electricity, we sell less electricity, but that does not affect our customers”he warns straight away, excluding the possibility of voluntary cuts like those which accompanied the mobilization once morest pension reform.
“Anger towards management’s position on salary measures is very present”, underlines the CGT for its part, while individual measures of increases of +1.5% have so far been announced. The CFE-CGC demands 4%, the CGT 2.3%.
On the EDF side, we highlight the “context of high debt of the group”, to the tune of 65 billion euros, as well as future investments to come, to justify the limitation of salary increases. False argument according to the unions, since the group is preparing to announce “record” results for the year 2023, in particular thanks to the record increase in energy prices.
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