In early June, the FNME-CGT energy union organised a day of strike action at the RTE electricity network company, part of the EDF group. The union wants to defend pay and conditions in the face of the company’s preoccupation with profits and its minimalist view of itself as a public service provider. The management also argued that it had to respond to calls from the EU for austerity measures to improve competitiveness as part of the Euro-Plus Pact.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/426
French: http://www.fnme-cgt.fr/pages/communique.php?id=178
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