"Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ordered several baguettes in front of the cameras in the village of Saint-Julien-Chapteuil in central France, promoting a new bill to exempt independent bread and flower shops from mandatory rest on Labour Day."
"The government earlier this week encouraged bakers to work on May 1, saying they were 'indispensable to the continuity of social life.'"
"The country's main unions argue that no employee is truly free to volunteer when they are seeking to keep a work contract, fearing that French workers will soon all be required to work on the holiday."
French bakeries and florists received government backing to operate on May 1, traditionally a public holiday. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu promoted a bill exempting these businesses from mandatory rest. Labour inspectors previously reported bakers for operating, but they were acquitted. The government emphasized the importance of these services for social continuity. The proposed bill requires employees to volunteer in writing and receive double wages. Unions argue that true volunteerism is compromised by job security concerns and warn against increasing exemptions from holiday work.
Read at The Local France
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