After the uneven success of the mobilization of October 18, the CGT organizes this Thursday a new day of action in favor of wages, which promises to be little mobilizing in full school vacations and in the absence of participation of other unions.
“We wanted there to be no total break during the holidays. But it will be less important than the 18 (October) ”, recognizes the confederal secretary Céline Verzeletti.
At the height of the refinery strike and its consequences for motorists, the October 18 mobilization brought together 107,000 protesters across France according to the police (300,000 according to the union), with strikes in the nuclear and transport sectors.
If the CGT had said that it was “quite satisfied” with this day, this mobilization had not translated into an expansion of the social movements as the organizers hoped.
The CGT asks for an increase in the Smic
Since then, the strike has only affected two TotalEnergies plants and a wage agreement has been reached at EDF. No transportation disruptions are expected Thursday.
The CGT asks for an increase in the Smic, an indexation of all salaries to inflation and a revaluation of the index point for civil servants, specifies Céline Verzeletti.
“We want to keep up the pressure, allow workers who are in distress to meet at a point of demonstration. In the polling stations where there has been mobilization, the salary increases have been greater”, says the union leader.
The Parisian demonstration will leave at 2:00 p.m. from Montparnasse to the Medef headquarters at the Military School. Demonstrations are also planned in the provinces.
Source: BFM TV
