Industrial Relations in France‑ Environments and Ideology

IV‑ Rulemaking‑ Collective Bargaining

•FO believes in upholding agreements but to CGT and previously CFDT they are just temporary truce in continuing struggle

•Bargaining Structure‑ Seems designed so enterprise management won't have to deal face‑to‑face with union

–Local or enterprise

•Only minority of employees covered

•Rarely produced any kind of agreement in past but increasingly does so, especially in large enterprises

•In general union plays little role in day‑to‑day plant activities

–Most employers bargain only through employer associations


	FO believes in upholding agreements but to CGT and previously CFDT they are just temporary truce in continuing struggle.
		Union's job is to press demands & not to become agent guarding agreement and in disciplining workers

	In general union plays little role in day‑to‑day plant activities
	Remember at this level union representatives have only observer status