(en) France, Alternative Libertaire #224 - Utilities: The mobilization of emerging precarious (fr)

The fierce opposition research organizations and universities to apply the law Sauvadet 
absorption of insecurity in the public led precarious sector to organize themselves. -- 
Higher education and research have seen the proportion of CSD explode past decade, 
following the reforms generalizing financing "project on" limited in time, instead of 
recurrent research funding backed tenured positions . The proportion of CSD oscillates 
between 25% CNRS and universities and nearly 50% in some labs sciences. To circumvent the
2005 law requiring them to enter the precarious CDI up to six years of age, research 
organizations were accustomed to rotate the employer once the university and a research 
institute and hospital etc.. Contracts are often ten months to avoid paying July and 
August, no career and the final non-renewal of contract, that is to say, a dismissal 
without compensation. This affects all categories of personal household researchers.

Collective precarious

Law Sauvadet 2012 forced about it and facs organizations to enter the precarious CDI with
six years of seniority on March 13, 2012, regardless of changes of employer. Panic in the
human resources department, who anticipated the law before turning the precarious March 
13. The law obliges Sauvadet over four years to organize competitions reserved for staff 
with four years of CSD. Again, same reaction: fire everyone before the precarious not to 
assert their rights.

These waves of layoffs have led to precarious organize into collectives in a dozen cities, 
often with union support. The collective Montpellier has resulted in 400 precarious demo 
several times. This mobilization is a breath of fresh air for union teams that are on the
offensive on these issues for several years. These initiatives received so far little 
respondent, is often precarious labor in deserts or poorly integrated in the collective 
work. The image of unions is itself tainted by a practice too often summarizing the 
defense of the Statute and the representation of owners.

For their part, mandarins research attempted to exploit the movement forward "solution" to 
repeal the law Sauvadet and generalization of standard contracts "contracts given 
objective," that is to say CSD without limit. Where mobilization was rooted in time, the 
discussions led to outvote, and focus on claims job openings and stop layoffs.

Ads unsatisfactory

Mobilization, still nascent, is now at a crossroads. The Department has received the 
collective precarious after concerted Piper of Audience higher education and research. 
Everything was already written, especially the continued funding of the project. But care
was taken to add a page to the final report of Audience to say the need to reduce 
vulnerability, while stating that it was not open competitions reserved for researchers 
precarious! Remains to be seen what the impact of these ads on precarious mobilized es.
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by Gregory - Libertarian Alternative Orleans