IV‑  Summit Bargaining
•MEDEF only got formal authority in 1969 to negotiate agreements binding members
•Increasingly important
•Wages not discussed, MEDEF lacks authority to do so
•Discuss unemployment compensation, retirement, apprenticeship and training
•2004 agreement designed to reduce gender disparities
Summit Bargaining
   Between MEDEF and Labor Confederations

Discuss unemployment compensation, retirement, apprenticeship and training
   Agreements on these issues often enacted into law

2004 agreement designed to reduce gender disparities
   These have gotten worse in France since the 1970s
   France has the second worst record in the course after Italy on gender equality at work