" I'm going to tell you a secret. I thought that joining the CGT was a vaccine against a lot of bullshit. Especially homophobia. I have to face the facts, I was wrong. Philippe Martinez, the general secretary of the CGT, did not take heart in an interview with Têtu magazine after several homophobic cases emanating from union members.
Philippe Martinez: “I thought that being unionized at the CGT was a vaccine against homophobia. Obviously, I was wrong ”https://t.co/ux8Ho2w3Ew
- TÊTU (@TETUmag) May 18, 2020Latest case to date, a poster published by the CGT Info'Com union on social networks featuring Laurent Berger, the boss of the CFDT and Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, the boss of the Medef in "Sado and Maso".
The montage showed Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, dressed in a leather jacket and Laurent Berger, wearing straps suggesting a practice of bondage. With the message: “FOR A RESPONSIBLE TRADE UNIONISM! Special dedication to Laurent Berger of the CFDT on his practice of unionism which prefers to defend the interests of Medef than employees and those who act to protect them from Covid-19! ", Wrote Info'Com-CGT in its messages posted on Facebook and Twitter.
This message had ended up being withdrawn due to the controversy. It had notably angered many and LGBT associations. "These posters are ignoble. They are an insult to all employees and agents who vote for the CFDT, as well as for its members, "said the CFDT condemning" with the utmost firmness "this campaign. "Union disputes do not justify any slanderous act against people, no degrading attack and no homophobic message," added the confederation.
Delete.
- Caroline De Haas (@carolinedehaas) May 9, 2020Especially since it is not the first time. In December 2019, a video showed strikers of the CGT-RATP overwhelming homophobic insults to a driver who was not on strike during the fight against pension reform.
For Philippe Martinez, these cases are "inadmissible" and he claims to have sent a "rather dry letter addressed to the leaders of Info'Com. "It's a kind of ultimatum," he adds.
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The boss of the CGT recalls that he participates in the Pride March and that an LGBT collective has existed within the CGT for almost 20 years. To prevent this type of business, he asked "to speed up all training in all our organizations to fight against homophobia and discrimination of this kind. "
For its part, the CFDT welcomed on Sunday the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal by WHO of homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses. "It is the memory of this symbolic date that each May 17 commemorates the International Day against LGBTphobia", assures the union by reminding "employers of their legal obligations in the field of combating discrimination and calls on them to step up prevention measures At work. "
