2023-11-14 15:12:17
The CFE-CGC snatched first place with 33.08% of the votes, compared to 30.31% for the Montreuil power station, according to “quasi-consolidated” results, indicated the executives’ union. Orders of magnitude confirmed by the CGT.
The CGT lost its position as the leading union organization for the first time in the history of EDF, following the elections of staff representatives which ended Monday evening, we learned on Tuesday from corroborating union sources. The CFE-CGC took first place from it with 33.08% of the votes, against 30.31% for the CGT, according to “quasi-consolidated” results, indicated the executives’ union, orders of magnitude confirmed by the CGT. Behind, the two other main trade union organizations, the CFDT and FO, more or less maintain their position, with 16.63% and 15.33% of the votes respectively. The CGT was the energy company’s first union organization since its creation in 1946.
“This is a historic victory for us, and which will mark the history of EDF SA, since it is the first time in the history of EDF that the CGT has become the second union organization,” rejoiced Amélie Henri , national secretary of CFE-Energie at EDF.
Contacted, Gwenaël Plagne, CGT secretary of the Central Social and Economic Committee (CSEC), confirmed the loss by his union of the status of the company’s leading organization, as well as the orders of magnitude mentioned, without wishing to make any direct comments. For Amélie Henri, this “very nice surprise” crowns “the mobilization of the last four years on all subjects”, in particular the contestation of the pension reform, as well as “all the negotiations that we have also carried out on this mandate” .
A participation rate of 74.5%
EDF employees were called upon to elect their representatives in the 48 EDF CSEs, in the group’s major departments as well as on the various sites, such as nuclear or thermal power plants. The election of the CESC, the central committee where the CGT is in the majority, has not yet taken place. Energy employees were also called upon more widely to elect their representatives in the electricity and gas industries branch, where the CGT was also the first organization, a vote whose result was not known at this stage.
The CGT of electricians and gas workers was at the forefront of contesting the pension reform. The participation rate in this election was 74.5% of EDF employees, a slight increase compared to the last election according to the CFE.
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