by Agnes a Paris
Fri Feb 10th, 2006 at 05:19:20 AM EST
Update [2006-2-13 11:10:43 by AgnesaParis]:
The French PM "refuses that France remains lagging behind the other EU countries as far as unemployment is concerned."
Villepin urges the Left and the trade unions to understand that securing the jobs (!) cannot be achieved without changes.
This statement is not only an insult to job seekers and those currently employed, it is also a demonstration of blatant disregard for the French population, taking us for dumb fools.
Even the less educated can easily make out that the CPE (renamed "precarity exclusion contract" by the Left) is everything but a scheme ensuring stability in the job market place.
A leftist leader claimed that the law project is against the Constitution ; it for sure goes against the basics of the Code du Travail, which provides for a minima job market regulations in France.
All the opposition and the trade unions can do is call for public protest against this attempt at deconstruction of the French social system.
It is worth bearing in mind that this has been a project nurtured for a long time by Nicolas Sarkozy, President-to-be if the Right wins the next Presidential elections.
If France goes back to the social middle age, other European countries are bound to be impacted. Let us keep that in mind on ET.
From the diaries ~ whatabooutbob
For record purposes, my last thread on the topic :
It has now been officially confirmed that the government is planning a major overhaul of the job market regulation with the aim of
enacting a two year probation period for all new contracts, irrespective of the age range.
This will push further the precarity of the French job market.
It is a deep-rooted belief that the French job market is not "flexible" enough.
Good god, but it is ! Young graduates often pile up 3 years of traineeships (stage) in different companies. Fixed-time contracts (12 months) are current pratice, with some of them being renewed 2 or 3 times. So much for the company not being able to adjust "variations in customer demand and shifts in market mood" !
Furthermore, this new law is bound to have a disastrous effect on the moral of all job seekers, let alone the job conditions for all those who have not yet passed the 2 year exam.
Good time for management squeezing productivity out of employees uncertain about their future.
Link to the previous developments A two year probation period for everyone now ?