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Leroy Merlin employees celebrate a victory. After ten days of an unprecedented social movement, the unions obtained an increase of 65 euros gross per month. The deal could put other brands under pressure.
After several days of strike and an unprecedented social movement at Leroy-Merlin, the employees learned of the increase. 65 euros, or 51 net per additional month. A union victory, but above all a breath of fresh air for many employees. “With the rise in prices and galloping inflation, 65 euros on a salary of 1200 euros, we take”, welcomes Imane Haddach, CGT Leroy Merlin union representative. A breakthrough for employees who pointed out the exceptional dividends paid to the group’s shareholders.
The movement could create an oil stain. Amazon, Labeyrie, Sephora: employees demand wage increases to cope with rising prices. Nothing, however, obliges companies to align their salary scales with inflation. At Decathlon, around twenty employees from the Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) store went on strike, an unprecedented situation. “There were more than 1,000 employees who joined forces with us on November 12, which shows that there is a real renewed fighting spirit “, underlines Guilain Bihan, inter-union delegate CFDT Décathlon. the post-crisis social shock in France shakes most companies. “Employees need to see all the efforts they have made recognized, and companies have a duty to be careful. We are in a middle ground which gives rise to very tense negotiations” Explain Bernard Vivier, director of the Higher Institute of Labor (IST). Companies still have several months to negotiate wages.
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