Boulangers, florists... the Senate Wants to Lift the 1st May Labour Ban for Employees in Certain Trades

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Bakeries, pastries, butcheries, florists, cinemas and theatres could make their employees work, provided they were voluntary. They would then be paid double. The text must be submitted to the MPs. The initiative, supported by the government, is cast off by the left and the workers' union organizations.

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A bill discussed in the Senate on Thursday is intended to allow bakers, food businesses and florists to have their employees work on the 1st May, which is now prohibited by law. All trade unions denounce "unacceptable social regression".

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The trade unions rejected a proposal for a law that would call into question "100 years of history of social struggle".

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What is the tradition of May 1 in the face of the appetites of the market?

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The front of a florist, in Paris, on December 24, 2020. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP The Senate adopted, on Thursday, July 3, a bill to authorize certain establishments, such as bakeries and florists, to have their employees work on 1st May, International Workers' Day, holiday and unemployment in France. In a hemicycle dominated by an alliance between the right and the centrists, the bill put forward by the president of the Union des Démocrates et In…

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Muguet and bread for Labour Day: the Senate adopted on Thursday a text to allow bakers and florists, in particular, to make their employees work the 1st May, an initiative vilipended by...