Pension reform: more than 3 million euros were raised from an inter-union strike fund

Solidarity does not decline, and already amounts to more than three million euros. The amount collected for the 2023 “Pension Reform” campaign on the main loot released to support the animated strikers since the beginning of the social movement reached €3,013,245.04 this Tuesday night, shortly before midnight. noted BFMTV.

A sign that solidarity is especially important this year: this sum (which continues to rise) represents more than 40% of the donations made to this solidarity fund since its opening in 2016.

Launched during the social movement against the Labor Law, this strike fund is led by union activists from Info’Com-CGT and Sud Postes 92. According to data published on the site, 74,520 donors have made 91,000 donations in seven years, for a average price of €77 per person.

“Donations have skyrocketed from 49.3”

Any union can contact the association to request assistance during a social movement. In a company where there is no union, “the worker can make an individual request.”

A condition is required: “to have accumulated at least two consecutive days of strike against a bill, a national interprofessional agreement project, a branch or company agreement or a unilateral employer decision.”

Asked last week by the parisianThe coordinator of this solidarity fund explained that he had already received more than 25,300 contributions since the beginning of the movement, or 300 per day on average.

“It’s my way of participating”

It’s not about the only strike fund established since the beginning of the movement. Some unions have their own strike fund, while others are created at the company level.

Many French people, who are strongly opposed to the pension reform, prefer to contribute financially to these solidarity funds rather than go on strike or take to the streets.

“It is my way of participating. I want to be consistent with my ideas, not be hypocritical”, Clara, a contributor to a small health magazine, explains to BFMTV.com. Since the beginning of the movement, she has paid around 600 euros to various funds.