You may have seen them at the entrance to the Châteauroux store this Saturday, September 24 in the early morning. When the Carrefour hypermarket opened, some employees went on strike. They thus intend to show their anger towards the management of the group while the mandatory annual negotiations are a source of tension with the unions.
A general fed up among Carrefour employees
Throughout France, employees of the Carrefour group were called to strike this Saturday. 45 of them set up a picket in front of one of the entrances to the hypermarket of the group in Châteauroux. In the small group we talk about salary scales that are difficult to climb, lack of recognition, hardship at work, inflation. If they are there today it is because of a set of things on the salary side and on the working conditions side, an overflow.
There is a general fed up confides one of them: “There are a lot of volumes of goods, there is no replacement of staff, there is no more help added. Not to mention that we have to meet the needs of customers. That actually does a lot of work. Me, for about 35 hours a week, over a month, I’m at about €1,200″. Among the morning customers, some stop and come to greet the small group like Daniel “They are right, _I agree with them_it has to last, so that they can have satisfaction on the higher salaries” says the retiree.
Wages caught up by the minimum wage
While inflation gallops, nearly 6% over one year, salaries at Carrefour stagnate. They are even caught up by the minimum wage, which is revalued to him according to inflation, denounces Sébastien Ramelet, Force Ouvrière union representative. “In supermarkets, we can estimate today that we are putting a lot of things on the shoulders of employees. In view of the wages that are applied, this is no longer tenable” he throws.
It’s almost giving a shit about them anyway- Sebastien Ramelet (Worker Force)
Last week, during the mandatory annual negotiations, management proposed an increase of 2.5% and a bonus of 100 euros:“it’s almost making fun of them anyway” reacts Sébastien Ramelet.
On his side, management recalls that in one year (since August 2021), it has increased wages by 8.3%. This is more than inflation and above all more, she points out, than its competitors in the mass distribution sector. It also explains that it has revised upwards the profit-sharing and participation premiums.