The eight main French unions and five youth organizations on Tuesday reaffirmed their desire to “paralyze France” on March 7, vowing to make this date the biggest day of strikes and demonstrations since the start of the movement against pension reform.
“There is a consensus among us to say that the goal is to do better than January 31,” he added. That day, the unions had counted more than 2.5 million protesters and the authorities 1.27 million. “We are determined to succeed in an extremely massive March 7,” said Catherine Perret (CGT).
Renewable strikes?
Asked about possible renewable strikes from March 7, Yvan Ricordeau returned the responsibility for this decision to the federations of the different sectors. It is up to “the professional sectors to discuss what they do on the 7th or after the 7th”, he has underlined.
Is it about not discouraging possible renewable unemployment? “We do not discourage mobilizations that go beyond March 7,” replied Patricia Drevon (FO), referring to this formula from the inter-union press release published on Tuesday: “Together, starting on March 7, let’s kick this unacceptable pension.” reform project”.
It is up to everyone, in each company, to mobilize, pointed out Catherine Perret, for whom there will be no strikes or demonstrations “by proxy”. “The employers will be attentive to what the strike produces: the paralysis, the slowdown or even the cessation of economic production,” she said.
“Thousands of initiatives”
The unions have agreed to produce a common image that “symbolizes paralyzed France” and a communication tool that makes it possible to identify the “thousands, tens of thousands of initiatives”. “All this shows that we are strategic, we know how to mount mobilizations, we are calm, serene, determined and that we are going to win,” said Dominique Corona (Unsa).
Source: BFM TV
