“Rejecting the escalation of violence”… This is the title of the official CFDT press release released this Saturday. The confederation reacts to the numerous scenes of urban violence and looting that have affected various cities in France, since the death of the young Nahel, killed by police shots on Tuesday in Nanterre.
“This violence does not solve anything”
“The CFDT reaffirms its rejection of any type of violence against property and people,” it is recalled. “This violence does not solve anything, on the contrary it attacks and penalizes the most fragile among us, reinforcing social inequalities.” This same violence would also put “under pressure” police officers, policemen, gendarmes or even firefighters, “exhausted by the intensity of the confrontations.”
In addition, the CFDT “strongly condemns” the fact that employees, merchants or public transport agents are the targets of rioters. It calls on employers, both private and public, to “take all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of workers, within the framework of urgent and extraordinary consultations on the organization and insurance of their work.”
Mobilize for appeasement
In this context of an unprecedented social climate, the CFDT calls for teleworking to be generalized if necessary and for opening hours to be adapted according to public transport, which falls under curfew in many cities. “All the facilities must be mobilized to guarantee all their movements safely,” it is specified.
The CFDT will also mobilize social assistance services so that the staff can contact workers “who have had to suffer material, physical or moral violence at work or not.” “Public services, our common good, have received special attention: the CFDT salutes the work of public officials who work despite the current tensions, for the continuity of the service and the implementation of essential public policies,” he continues.
More generally, the CFDT calls on “all actors to mobilize to make it possible to appease this anger and de-escalation.” Friday was the fourth consecutive night of riots.
Source: BFM TV
