But what is Philippe Martinez playing?
This Thursday 27, the boss of the CGT called on the French, for the third time in a month, to demonstrate and strike.
His demands were simple, not to say shifted, given the deteriorating economic situation:
“To enjoy life: 15 euros per hour minimum, 32 hours of work per week, 60 years old pension at full rate”
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All CGT thinking summed up in a slogan designed to hit the bull's eye.
But this new day of mobilization decided at the end of last week, with which no other central – neither the FSU and Solidaires, its traditional allies, nor FO, its enemy sister – joined, turned into a fiasco as planned.
The demonstration brought together only 10,800 people throughout France, according to the police.
Ten times less than those of September 29 and October 18, which had, respectively, mobilized 118,500 and 107,000 people.
“There is a need to continue to maintain this pressure so that there is an increase…
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