France, Alternative Libertaire AL #228 - Labour law: Ani, a barely identifiable enemy (fr)

Mobilization against the National Interprofessional Agreement (Ani) was not up to the 
attack on the business, supported by the reformist unions and materialized by the 
government. ---- The national agreement "ins?curisation of employment" in favor of 
employers, just go to the parliament for adoption. On 9 April, the day of voting in the 
National Assembly, the CGT, Partners, FSU, FO called for several events throughout France. 
With very few calls to strike, or more than minority, the second day was unfortunately 
less than that of April 5. If other initiatives have taken place, as on April 17 before 
the Senate, they were more symbolic than substantial. This low mobilization on the ground 
in terms of construction of balance of power, however, is not synonymous with support 
employee-es to the agreement, on the contrary. But the complexity of the law makes the 
fight more difficult.

Some unions, but also various militant networks, supported by political organizations, 
have been busy trying to explain concretely the dangers of Ani.

The technicality of the agreement blurs issues

Many and varied arguments, leaflets and national companies, uses video, national petition, 
media forums ... and yet, many employee-es do not necessarily decrypted issues or 
consequences they would face-and they're thereafter. While Ani only broadens significantly 
the gaps of a labor code already for a number of social decline, he blackmailed the 
standard employment relationships. The employee, however, are faced with years of media 
jam skull, explanations of signatory unions now "majority", which exclude employee es 
debates. If the role of the works council (EC) or the Occupational Health and Safety 
Committee (HSC) are restricted or totally amputated on certain issues, mass unemployment 
plunges millions of wage-es to fatalism: "C It's like this, "" It's better than nothing 
"... Is that it could eventually be worse while redundancies are already so many? 
Unfortunately, yes!

Solidarity and CGT led a real work of popular education decryption of the consequences of 
the agreement, even though FO trying to hold positions balancing by signing similar 
agreements with Renault or PSA. If the "friends of Ani who are our enemies" have almost 
"won" is mainly due to the battle of ideas against the committed struggle unionism and 
workers' solidarity against the bosses.

Friends of the animals are our enemies

Before that, he must certainly get to find prospects in terms of claims, such as the 
veto-employed are about layoffs or productive autonomy, but also restore hope and 
confidence in our ability to change things for us same. Raising his head, realizing the 
(cons) power we are reaffirming the role of trade unionism social transformation ... we 
could make Ani a bad memory in a few years.

RoberK (AL Montreuil)