The CGT called on Monday a three-day strike in the ports of France, with a day of “dead ports” as a conclusion on Thursday, to fight against the government’s pension reform project.
“We are not here to block the economy, we are here to obtain the withdrawal of the project,” launched Serge Coutouris, assistant general secretary of the CGT National Federation of ports and docks, during a press conference in Martigues, near Marseille.
“On Thursday, throughout the day, nothing enters or leaves” the ports, he assured, recalling that the CGT was the majority in all French ports except Dunkirk.
At his side, several representatives of the CGT of Bouches-du-Rhône, and in particular the general secretary of the union in the department, Olivier Mateu, promised an “extension” and a “diversification” of the movement to fight against the reform of the pensions. ., especially if the government used article 49.3 of the Constitution to promote it.
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“It’s up to the government to keep things in a republican and democratic framework, if there are 49.3, that will inevitably change the conditions of the conflict,” said Olivier Mateu: “If the government uses 49.3, there will be no more rules for anyone.”
Olivier Mateu also welcomed the “renewable strike of the employees” of Fluxel, operators of the Fos and Lavéra oil terminals, which serve as a link between the tankers and their clients in the port.
“If we had any advice for the government, it would be to withdraw the reform as quickly as possible, and if we had any advice for the comrades who get up in the morning to go to work, it would be to fill up, because that will not last forever,” he said.
After the green light on Saturday from the Senate in favor of the project, the Government is hunting for votes in the Assembly to get its project approved without resorting to article 49.3 of the Constitution.
It should be noted that the negotiations will continue on Wednesday, a new day of mobilization in the streets, in a joint joint commission (7 deputies and 7 senators), with the hope that the National Assembly and the Senate reach an agreement, which must then be validated on Thursday.
Source: BFM TV
