Towards a tidal wave in the streets on Tuesday, for the sixth day of mobilization against pension reform?
In any case, that is what Laurent Berger hopes and expects.
"
I think we can do better than January 31, which was already the biggest mobilization since the early 90s
," assured the secretary general of the CFDT on Monday morning on France Inter.
As a reminder, the day of action on January 31 - the second after that of January 19 - brought together 1.27 million demonstrators according to the police, while the inter-union counted more than 2.5 million people in the streets. .
“
I call on the employees of this country, the citizens of this country, the retirees of this country, who are against the pension reform, to come and demonstrate massively
”, called Laurent Berger on France Inter.
“
I think tomorrow we must have an extremely powerful mobilization day.
That means a lot of people in the streets
,
”
said the number one of the CFDT.
He assured that there were "
even more places of gatherings than the other times, (...) more than 250-260
".
In the rail sector in particular, there is “
a massive follow-up of railway workers, who are very determined
”, pointed to RFI Thomas Cavel, the general secretary of the CFDT Cheminots, this Monday morning.
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Towards a renewable strike?
Invited to France 2, Marie Buisson, secretary general of the Federation of Education, Research and Culture of the CGT (Ferc-CGT), repeated on France 2 the wish of the unions to put "France
at shutdown
" on Tuesday.
That is to say to “
stop work in all sectors to stop production and services in France
”, specified the one who could soon take over from Philippe Martinez at the head of the CGT plant.
On the continuation of the movement, Marie Buisson reaffirmed the will of the CGT to initiate a renewable strike.
“
We are calling for renewal and to meet with the employees.
We don't have the “go on strike” button, it's an individual and collective decision in the workplace.
We are called to do so.
“On the renewable strike, Laurent Berger stressed that “
sectors (could) afford it but this is not the case for all
”.
"
The CFDT will propose other types of mobilization, other mobilizations, if we are not heard
", he contented himself with affirming, specifying that the inter-union would meet on Tuesday, the evening of the day of actions, "
to discuss the follow-up
".
