Will the unions be able to force the government to back down? While the pension reform bill, which provides in particular for the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64, was presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday, the head of Force Ouvrière says he is determined to defeat the government.
Invited to the set of BFM Business, Frédéric Souillot, general secretary of FO, explained that the unions “were not there to be counted last week”, during the first day of mobilization against Emmanuel Macron’s project.
We were there for the government to listen and understand. And we are going to do it again on the 31st, where we will be even more numerous since we want to amplify things”, declares Frédéric Souillot, who assures that union unity “is always full and complete”.
The next mobilization “will be massive and determined”
The boss of Force Ouvrière stays the course. “No rollback in the retirement age, no extension of the contribution period! There is no debate on this issue, and we have explained it to Elisabeth Borne since the beginning of October, all the unions!” he pulls.
The next mobilization “will be massive and determined”, predicts Frédéric Souillot. “We are not here to count ourselves out, we are here to push the government back,” warns the FO representative.
As Frédéric Souillot reminds us, “certain branches such as energy and refineries have presented strike notices for the next few days. Even during school holidays.
“As soon as the government insists on what is generating the conflict, there is the possibility of days of action during school vacations that, I believe, are spread over various areas and for at least a month and a half,” warned the head of the CGT, Philippe Martinez.
Source: BFM TV
