We do front communaveclaCGTetFONDLR to go to the signature together he added

A week after having overturned, social negotiation conducted for months in the hotel-restaurant is perhaps about to be relaunched with the multiplication of bilateral contacts these days. Followed closely by the public authorities, these talks could even lead to dramatic results: a project agreement acceptable branch trade unions gathered at the grand, full, and this, before December 15, date of the meeting of the Committee of channelled counterparties to the application of the VAT rate reduced 5.5 to restore for table service. Indeed, the hypothesis of a signature of the CFTC, the CGT and FO, who "common front" and already "torpedoed" two texts - approved by the employers, the GSC and the CFDT - is eminently serious, although at this point everything remains open. In fact, a positive outcome will first depend on consensus on the premium provided for under the stillborn agreement of November 30.

"There are interesting developments, but it will just not half-measures," said the "echoes" the CFTC, Michel Jeanpierre negotiator, which does not preclude an "agreement in principle this week if the employer body is reasonable". "We do front commun(aveclaCGTetFO,NDLR) to go to the signature together", he added. "We are in a logic of signature to three", confirms the negotiator FO, Denis Raguet, wished to point out that the Union trio Exchange "with those who want to negotiate', the Umih being for the time being"marginalized ".

By contrast, the Synhorcat, making the link with two other employers, the CPIH and the Fagiht, is particular to the manoeuvre, as its President, Didier Chenet, kept contact with the CFDT and the GSC. "The objective is to have an agreement before December 15 but a meeting of the joint mixed commission would not sense that there is a base upstream", observed the employer responsible. An analysis shared Jacques Bellin, the President of the CNG, which represents the hotel chains. To facilitate the discussions, this last "application" elsewhere "officially" is very strongly pushes the time of signature of the draft agreement finalized on the night of November 30 to December 1 and which expires on Tuesday.

The issue of the premium

Regarding the premium, which crystallized the disagreement of the trio CFTC-CGT-FO - it the that "long-term" and "for all" - three key points are at the heart of the talks: sustainability therefore, seniority of employees who would benefit, and its payment to seasonal workers. The first point, everything relies on the definition of a true "premium VAT", which would be clearly connected to the application of the rate reduced by 5.5. For memory, it is currently planned for three years, duration of the contract for the future' on the restoration, with a clause to revoyure no later than January 31, 2012. About seniority, the three unions want to lower the threshold for a year, initially planned. Finally, they challenged its allocation to the only seasonal justifying nine months of activity in the same company.

Furthermore, the wage grid, which was not discussed at the last joint meeting joint, is designed to be "revisited". This situation is indeed referred to as "unacceptable" both by Denis Raguet of FO by negotiator CGT, Stéphane Fustec, "second line" in bilateral contacts. If loose management of ballast on the premium, it is difficult to imagine that the CFTC-CGT-FO trio sweeps of strong changes. The patronat has indeed not manqué of note that the draft agreement as it has been defined, a week ago, is EUR 1 billion to the low word - with the wage grid, the premium, the granting of two days of additional leave and the establishment of a mutual-, which goes beyond the amount of the social "contract for the future." It was indeed encrypted EUR 800 million.