The next few days promise to be intense on the front of the protest against the pension reform. Beyond the interprofessional demonstration of March 7, the eight confederations united against the government project (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, Solidaires and FSU) are considering the consequences of the movement.
According to our information, they are discussing and should agree on a new mobilization on Saturday March 11. “We will maintain maximum pressure on the government,” warns a union leader. “Saturday February 11 was a success, it allowed families and workers who cannot strike to participate in the movement. It would be useful to reproduce an event like this, ”engages another.
First on Tuesday, March 7
Another date is also on the table: Tuesday, March 14, while at the beginning of that week, the text will go to the joint joint committee (CMP), after the end of the examination in the Senate. “Be careful, the primary objective remains the strongest mobilization on March 7. The workers must at all costs respond present and not ignore it by devoting themselves to other times, ”warns this union delegate.
The figures of the mobilization of March 7 could set the tone and determine the consequences of the social movement. “All the feedback we have from the departmental unions shows a real general momentum, argues this union leader. There is no proxy strike, as in 2019. This time, everyone, including private sector employees, is ready to mobilize. And Olivier Véran, the government spokesperson, warned this Wednesday during the report of the Council of Ministers: “Putting the country to a halt means taking the risk of an ecological, agricultural, health or even human in a few months. »
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Next week is marked by several highlights. On March 7, therefore, when the unions called for “France to be stopped”, before the “feminist strike” on March 8 – International Women’s Rights Day – then the call for a demonstration by youth organizations, Thursday, March 9. At the same time, several sectors of activity, railway workers and energy workers in particular, have already called for a renewable strike.
The objective of this calendar? Multiply actions to cause strong disruptions. “The days of strikes and blockages in certain sectors are very expensive, as we know, slips a union leader. If the Medef begins to worry about the repercussions, no doubt the government could finally bend. »
Olivier Véran, on the other hand, warns the trade unions about the consequences of a hard movement: “We say that the transition from strike to blockade, with all the constraints that this can impose on the French, the bill that this can also result, does not seem necessary to us. »