Companies: too unequal a redistribution of profits between employees and shareholders?

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M.Damoy, L.Campisi, J.Cholin, B.Garguy-Chartier, M.Félix, D.Bonnet, E.Urtado – France 2

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The automotive group Stellantiswhich made more than 13 billion euros in profits in 2021, will pay the group’s French employees a bonus of at least 4,000 euros. For some unions, the distribution of wealth is still not balanced enough.

LVMH, BNP or even L’Oréal, profit records follow one another for the major groups in the CAC40 : 137 billion euros in cumulative profits. At the house of Stellantisex-PSA, profits exceeded 13 billion euros in 2021, three times more than in 2020. Salaries will increase by 3.2%, with an incentive bonus of 4,300 euros gross, on average. “They share a little bit, it’s good, it’s nicesays an employee.

On the union side, the CGT, a minority, considers the announcements insufficient, and is annoyed by a profit-sharing bonus over the daisies. We can see, it is still the shareholders who will gorge themselves”comments Farid BorsaliCGT delegate of Stellantis Poissy. In total, Stellantis account pay 1.9 billion euros to its employees, against 3.3 billion to its shareholders.

At BNP, wages will be increased by 0.6%, while profits amount to 9.5 billion euros. TotalEnergiesafter profits of 14 billion euros, will devote an envelope of 3.5% for salaries and a bonus of 500 euros.


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