Didier Lombard announces concrete and immediate measures to unions
October 2, 2009
PARIS -- Didier Lombard, Louis-Pierre Wenes and Olivier Barberot today met with all unions to explain the latest in the Group’s social policy. Before starting, Didier Lombard paid homage to the memory of the Group’s employees who had recently passed on, and assured all that the necessary support would be accorded to their families.
Five decisions were announced at this meeting:
Concerning the current suspension of staff movements, it is agreed that management and unions will prepare a progress report for 31 October 2009 before any changes are resumed.
Jean-Michel Serre has been appointed "mobility mediator": In the event of a dispute, any employee will be able to contact him directly or via a union, to explain his or her personal mobility situation.
The Group confirms that no new total staff reduction targets have been set since the end of 2008. Any thoughts that may have arisen since then about further reductions are now definitely rejected.
As part of the negotiations underway over working conditions, collective criteria will be introduced into the definition of the variable parts, as additions to individual criteria, where this has not already been done.
Concerning the reclassification of employees' suicides as accidents in service, the company will take advice, in consultation with the Ministries concerned, from an independent expert.
On this occasion, Didier Lombard declared: "My responsibility today is to mobilise the entire company to ensure that any further tragedies are prevented. I have known this Group for 40 years. I know that our people are suffering in the present situation but have the desire to resume on a better footing. This is why we need to build together, as quickly as possible, a new social contract for France Telecom.”
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