Peugeot Unions Reject Company Proposals on Cutting Work Week
Radu Boghici (hueco_tanks@cwix.com)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:37:32 -0600
Paris, Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Unions representing workers at PSA Peugeot
Citroen have rejected the first draft of an agreement that would cut the
work week to 35 hours because it gives France's largest carmaker too much
leeway in deciding workers' schedules, Le Monde reported, citing union
leaders. The unions didn't contest the company's plans to put 12,500 workers
into early retirement and hire 4,200 young workers, but they refused to back
the company's proposals on cutting the workweek, sending both sides back to
the negotiating table. Besides giving the company the right to require
Saturday shifts, by calculating the length of each work week over the course
of the year, the proposals would have cut down on workers' overtime pay, the
newspaper said.
By law, French companies have to cut their work week to 35 hours by 2000;
Electricite de France, the national electrical company, in early January
reached an agreement with its unions that will cut the work week and create
up to 5,000 new jobs.
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