Sophie Binet doesn’t rule out strikes in opposition to unemployment insurance coverage reform in the course of the Olympics | EUROtoday

Every Sunday, from midday to 1 p.m., The world companions with France Inter to host and broadcast this system “Political Questions”, introduced by Carine Bécard (France Inter), with Nathalie Saint-Cricq (France Télévisions) and Françoise Fressoz (The world). The visitor on Sunday June 2 was Sophie Binet, common secretary of the CGT.

She notably affirmed that she “cannot prove wrong” to staff in employment sectors “discontinuous” (tourism, resorts/catering, safety, and many others.) who would go on strike in the course of the Olympics, to protest in opposition to the brand new unemployment insurance coverage reform.

This reform, which has simply been determined by the federal government, “particularly penalizes employees mobilized during the Games because it penalizes all those who work in discontinuous employment sectors, in particular tourism, hotels, catering, security”mentioned M.^me Binet. “If they decide to go on strike because the month of work during the Games no longer allows them to survive, because behind them they no longer have access to unemployment benefit because of the government reform, I will not I'm not going to prove them wrong.”did she say.

The new unemployment insurance reform, set to come into force on 1^er December, notably includes a duration of compensation reduced to 15 months, and the need to have worked eight months (compared to six months currently) over the last 20 months to be compensated. According to Sophie Binet, people who often have seasonal contracts will therefore be particularly affected.

In a general way, “we must keep our word on the application file” of France validated by the Olympic authorities in September 2017 in Lima, added the quantity one of many CGT. “We must be exemplary on a social level, which is not the case today. » “In the security professions, there are many companies where there is still no bonus planned, while (employees) will be put to the test during the summer. It is not normal. »

At the SNCF, bonuses were obtained, but “they will not concern all railway workers” and particularly “women working on telephone platforms, who will be busier” in the course of the Games, she added.