Laurent Berger accused Friday "a few dozen individuals" of having "violently entered" the headquarters of the CFDT, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, at midday.
"They verbally and physically assaulted CFDT employees," the general secretary of the union center denounced on Twitter. "We condemn this act and we will not be intimidated," he continued.
A few dozen individuals broke into the premises of the Cfdt confederation this afternoon. They verbally and physically assaulted CFDT employees. We condemn this act and we will not be intimidated.
- Laurent Berger (@CfdtBerger) January 17, 2020Questioned by AFP, the CFDT said that it was an action of "SNCF-RATP coordination", born at the first mention of an unlimited strike, in October, against the pension reform.
Orange songs and vests
Journalist Taha Bouhafs, present on the spot, posted a video on Twitter showing dozens of people, wearing some orange vests stamped RATP, on CFDT premises and singing: "We are there, even if Berger does not want , here we are. "
LIVE - # greve17janvier
RATP strikers invade the #CFDT headquarters in Paris!
images: @T_Bouhafs pic.twitter.com/ozPgAIBFmg
Thursday, Laurent Berger had denounced on France Info attacks against his union: "At the moment, we have degraded premises, (and) are making extremely degrading comments towards me or towards other activists CFDT. "
There are "homophobic remarks that I can no longer bear, there are a whole bunch of attacks, there are a whole bunch of nonsense told," he said.
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Faced with these attacks, "I will not let myself be done", had continued the general secretary of the CFDT, stressing that for his part, his union had "attacked no one". Asked if he had received threats, he replied: "I don't want to talk about it".
