How many protesters will be in the streets this Thursday against the pension reform? “If the employees decide, France will be paralyzed”, promised the leader of the CGT, Philippe Martínez, on the set of BFMTV. And an intelligence note fears a “massive citizen mobilization” led by a “social explosion.” 48 hours after this social movement, BFMTV.com takes stock of the various calls for mobilization.
On the side of the unions, all the employee union organizations are calling for strikes and demonstrations. CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA, FSU and Solidaires unite for the first time in ten years within an inter-union.
Left-wing political parties also invite their followers and sympathizers to mobilize on Thursday. Members of Nupes (PS, EELV, PCF, LFI) and other minor parties (NPA, POI, LO) will be represented behind the unions in the processions. In particular in Paris, where opponents of pension reform will march from the Place de la République to the Place de la Nation.
• Transport and mobilized energy
Highly mobilized during the main social movements, transport should be particularly affected this Thursday by the strike. In the SNCF, the united unions (CGT, Unsa, Sud, CFDT) show their “total opposition”. Same unit in the RATP, where the unions already promise a “dark day”.
After showing its impact a few weeks ago, the refineries and the energy sector should once again mobilize against the pension reform. The CGT unions in the oil sector called several strikes for January 19 and 26 and February 6 with “if necessary, the closure of the refineries.”
• Civil service, police, Quai d’Orsay
On the civil service side, the inter-union (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, FA, FO, FSU, Solidaires, UNSA) also called for a strike on January 19, against an “unfair and unnecessary” reform. The police are also mobilized, at the request of Alianza and Unsa in particular.
Even the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had mobilized against various reforms in 2022, were called to strike on January 19 by a “big” inter-union (CFTC, CGT, FSU, Solidaires, an Assam union that is affiliated with to Unsa and APMAE).
• Teachers and hospitals on strike
Many striking caregivers will remain in their posts, but the effects of the move are likely to weigh heavily on patient front desks again, especially in the emergency room.
Within National Education, all the other representative unions (FSU, Unsa, Fnec FP-FO, Sgen – CFDT, CGT Educ’action and Snalc) also call for a march on January 19, our colleagues from Launching.
• Among young people, they call for blockades in secondary schools
Still in the National Education sector, many high schools should be blocked this Thursday in all parts of France, at the request of independent collectives of fighting high school students or student unions (Voice high school student, national movement of high school students and FIDL).
A sign that the mobilization must also win the universities: a coordination meeting of student unions in Paris this Sunday brought together 30 union sections representing 24 cities.
At the national level, Fage, Unef, Solidaridad Estudiantil, Alternativa and the Student Union Federation call for mobilization on January 19.
“The goal is for the maximum number of employees, striking workers, youth and retirees to take part in the demonstrations,” Philippe Martinez pleaded on BFMTV, saying he wanted “millions of people on strike and in the streets” on January 19. .
Source: BFM TV
