France: one out of two union members believe they have suffered discrimination by their employer due to their union involvement

The 12th annual barometer on the perception of workplace discrimination, published by France's Defender of Rights (an independent administrative authority which, among other things, is in charge of combatting discrimination) and drawn up alongside the ILO, is for the first time focused on trade union discrimination. The results indicate that almost one working person out of three (29%) and more than one out of every two unionised members of staff (52%) believe that trade union discrimination takes place either often or very often. The results also suggest that there is a widespread sentiment that trade union involvement can have negative consequences for one’s job and is the number of reason for not getting involved in trade union activity.