Some very isolated disputes were enough to give a national dimension to the case. With the support of the government, senators of the Union Centrist group (UC) have just tabled a bill whose purpose is to “Allow employees of certain establishments and services to work on 1er-May “. Bakeries are targeted in the first place, but other businesses – such as florists, for example – enter the field of this text. Several unions denounce the approach which, in their eyes, calls into question an unemployed day by many assets while infringing a symbol of the social demands carried since the XIXe century around the world.
The controversy has been thriving in the political arena for two weeks, but it is very largely linked to an episode that is almost a year. The 1er May 2024, five bakeries in Vendée are verbalized by the labor inspectorate on the grounds that they used some of their employees that day. The administration’s decision creates a shock within the profession, because it is rare. Some shops, located in the north of France and in Paris-including one of those exploited by Jean-François Bandet under the Bo & Mie brand-had already been worried, in previous years, but they were counting on the fingers of the hand.
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