The general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, praised Thursday, in Paris, a “success” of the mobilization of May 1 with “hundreds of thousands” of protesters, announcing a new day of demonstration and strikes on June 5 to claim “the repeal of pension reform.” “We are hundreds of thousands (protesters) mobilized throughout France,” he said shortly before the start of the Paris procession around 2 in the afternoon, ensuring that the day was already a “success” with demonstrations “more numerous than last year.”
“This is a first step that will be followed by many others,” he continued. “On May 13, we met with public officials to demand salary increases, defend the public services indicated.
“No inter -union” but “the thread is not cut” between organizations
The day of the mobilization of June 5 will take place on the day of examining a proposal to resolve communist deputies destined to repeal the reform, which will lead to a vote in the symbolic meaning, during the “niche” parliamentary of their group.
At the moment, “there is no intermediation. Each organization has its own culture and its own union history,” said Sophie Binet. When asked about the absence of a great union unit on this day of May 1, the number one of the CGT also emphasized that “the thread is not cut” and pointed out that “in social history, the first unitary, there are more the exception than the rule.”
Source: BFM TV
