Pensions: nearly one in four agents on strike in the state civil service, according to the government

The mobilization of civil servants against the pension reform experienced a sharp upturn on Tuesday, with 24.4% of the 2.5 million state civil servants on strike at midday, according to the government, against less than 5% during the strike of February 16.

The mobilization also affects Tuesday at midday 11% of the 2 million agents of the territorial public service and 9.4% in the hospital side (out of 1.2 million agents), according to figures from the Ministry of public service.

On February 16, the rate of strikers had risen to 1.3% in the territorial side and to 7.1% in hospitals at midday.

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On the rise, the mobilization does not however reach the heights of the first day of strike against the pension reform: on January 19, 28% of state officials, 11.3% of territorial agents and 9.9% hospital workers were on strike at midday.

Since that first day, strike rates had declined with almost every new mobilization.

As since the beginning of the movement, all of the eight unions representing the public service called for a strike on Tuesday against the government's pension reform project, the flagship measure of which plans to push back the legal age from 62 to 64. departure.

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