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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.
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".
The trade unions rejected a proposal for a law that would call into question "100 years of history of social struggle".
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...
The Senate adopted on Thursday, July 3, 2025 a text to allow bakers and florists, among other things, to have their employees work on 1 May, Labour Day. The employers support this decision, unlike the unions that had called on senators to oppose the text.
This Thursday, the Senate passed a bill to allow certain establishments, such as bakeries or florists, to have their employees work during the 1st May, an initiative supported by the government and slammed by the left and the unions.
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