Unsa leader Laurent Escure on Tuesday called for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) on the pension reform on April 14, 2024, one year after its promulgation, which could avoid its rejection by the Constitutional Council, like the first two RIPs.
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A RIP can be organized one year after the promulgation, on April 14, 2024, "told AFP the secretary general of the National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions, which would make it possible to respect one of the conditions of the law on RIPs, according to which this type of referendum "cannot have as its object the repeal of a legislative provision promulgated for less than a year".
'Continue the fight'
The pension reform was promulgated on 14 April 2023. This point had been one of the reasons invoked by the Constitutional Council to reject the two requests for RIP made in the spring. "2024, it will come very quickly," added Laurent Escure, marching in the demonstration against the pension reform in Dijon, where the congress of his union is held until Thursday. "In between, we will continue to lead the fight in all its forms," continued the secretary general, who should probably be reappointed at the head of Unsa on Thursday.
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Yes, the fight will continue in other forms, at the rate of petitions and each time we have the initiative to raise the subject on other projects, "added Mr. Escure, in response to a statement by the boss of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, believing that "the match (was) ending" and that the demonstration on Tuesday was "the last" of this type on pensions. "For us, it's not over," he said. If by chance a RIP was validated, it should still collect 4.8 million citizen support in nine months.
