“Everyone on site!” To defend teleworking, Société Générale employees… come to the office

Report: The management of the French bank announced plans to reduce the number of teleworking days offered to its employees. After a day of strikes, unions called on employees to protest by going to the office on Thursday, July 3.
By Agathe Ranc
The Société Générale towers in the La Défense business district, near Paris. Serge Attal/Only France via AFP
As far as receptionists can remember, we haven't seen such a crowd since the pre-Covid period. It's just past 9 a.m., and an uninterrupted stream of employees is pouring into the lobby of the Société Générale towers in the La Défense business district (Hauts-de-Seine). To welcome them, CFDT, CFTC, and CGT union members are distributing leaflets and small green ribbons to attach to lapels. "It's to support teleworking!" they explain to...
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