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Strike of February 16 against the pension reform: what to expect?

2023-02-13T16:34:17.480Z


Despite the appeal of the inter-union, transport should be relatively spared during this fifth day of mobilization.


The weeks follow one another and look alike... For the fifth time this Thursday, February 16, the trade unions are calling for the social movement against the pension reform to be continued.

While the examination of some 16,000 remaining amendments continues all week in the National Assembly, the inter-union urges the French to prolong the fight in the street.

This Saturday, the mobilization was still strong with the increased participation of private sector employees.

Nearly 933,000 demonstrators were counted throughout France, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.

An underestimated success for the CGT which counted no less than 2.5 million.

The main unions at the wand (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, Solidaires, FSU) hope to renew the performance during the next "

national day of interprofessional action

” of February 16.

Le Figaro

takes stock of the expected actions.

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Unsurprisingly, protests will be held across France on Thursday.

In a joint press release, the eight centrals declare that “

the general secretaries or presidents of the trade union organizations will demonstrate in Albi to support the strong anchoring of this movement everywhere on the territory, in the small towns as in the largest ones”

.

But unlike last Saturday, when the call for a strike was not appropriate so as not to complicate the crossover of the winter holidays, next Thursday will indeed be a day of interprofessional mobilization, marked by disturbances in several sectors.

Undisturbed transport

The CGT, whose boss Philippe Martinez had spoken out for "

harder, more numerous, more massive, and renewable strikes"

, called on employees in the transport and industry sectors to strike for 24 hours.

Railway workers, dockers, electricians, gas workers, chemical and glass workers should therefore raise their feet and fists next Thursday.

However, the disruptions should have less of an impact on the daily life of the French.

In the rail transport sector, Thursday's strike should not lead to too many train cuts or delays.

The mobilization of Thursday, February 16 will be “

less followed by the railway workers

”, assures Fabien Dumas, federal secretary SUD-rail, who believes that the strikers will be above all “militants

and usual union members

”.

We are well aware that a stack of strike days can weigh painfully on wages and never bend a government.

On the other hand, what do renewable blockages like those of 1995 or next March 7 do?

".

More details on the disruptions in the transport sector will be available on Tuesday evening, once the traffic plans are communicated.

In the sectors of education, energy and industry, walkouts are also planned, but probably on a smaller scale compared to the mobilization of March 7th.

Airports could also be affected, like that of Orly where air traffic controllers went on strike Saturday.

The shadow of a renewable strike

However, the trade unions warn that "

if despite everything the government and parliamentarians remained deaf to popular protest, the inter-union would call on workers, young people and retirees to harden the movement by putting France on the shutdown in all sectors on

March

7th .

Frédéric Souillot, the boss of Force Ouvrière, declared on BFMTV to have warned Élisabeth Borne on the telephone: “

If we are not heard, […] we will harden the movement

".

Fabien Dumas, federal secretary of SUD-rail, is counting on a massive mobilization in the rail sector, SUD-rail, the CGT-Cheminots and the inter-union RATP having already called for a massive and renewable strike.

Railway workers have already filed their declarations of intent to strike while this is possible up to 48 hours before D-Day.

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However, the number one of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, clarified for his part that he was not yet "

in the logic of the renewable strike

" and that "

this is not a call for a general strike

" either, explaining that March 7 will be the subject of a “

call for a 24-hour strike but not necessarily longer

”.

Source: lefigaro

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