It is a promise and also a bit of a warning to employers in both the private and public sectors.
Perched on a platform in the center of the very symbolic Place du Panthéon, where mainly great men are buried, Laurent Berger wanted to "
shining the spotlight
" on the workers who too often occupy discredited professions and are "
invisible
", according to the new consecrated term.
“
Listen to the workers, their wage demands, their aspirations (…) otherwise you will find the CFDT on your way
”, chanted its secretary general before launching an opportune “
To the essential workers, grateful France
”.
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Baptized “
Light on the essentials
”, this rally was a reissue, more targeted, of that of February 3 which was intended to support all the workers of the “second line”.
A little more confidential too with only a few hundred activists… Sprinkled with testimonies from employees of laboratories, agrifood companies, hotels, educators or even home helpers, the event, punctuated by a playlist of artists classified as feminists, aimed to show that monetary recognition, although essential, is not sufficient.
“
What we want are better working conditions, the development of our career paths so that our professions become attractive
“explained several activists encouraged by Laurent Berger for whom March 8 would now be … every day.