Try to lower the pressure. Following the call from the CGT of the oil industry to block refineries, Elisabeth Borne sent a message to the unions this Thursday, less than 48 hours after presenting her pension reform.
“For the unions it is a call to responsibility. Obviously, there is the right to strike, the right to demonstrate, but I think it is also important not to penalize the French,” the Prime Minister told reporters during a trip to Disneyland Paris. (Marne-la-Vallee).
“Yield decreases” in refineries
The CGT Petrolera calls several days of strike against the extension of the retirement age to 64 years. The call will result in “flow slowdowns” and “shipment stoppages,” said Eric Sellini, national union coordinator for TotalEnergies.
This warning comes after a large mobilization of refiners last fall over wage increases that had put the government in great difficulty.
More broadly, since Tuesday, the unions have been presenting a united front, for the first time in 12 years, and are launching a one-day strike on January 19. The social partners hope that this event will become a show of force and “give the start of a powerful mobilization on long-term pensions”.
El Borne wants to “continue working to convince”
The unions of the large transport companies such as SNCF or RATP also call “a resounding strike” on Thursday, January 19.
“It is a text of progress. We plan to revalue the small retirement pensions of those who have been able to have a whole working life who left with a very small pension. I will continue working to convince”, the Prime Minister assured once again. Minister this Thursday morning.
The executive has been standing tall on his boots in recent days. The government spokesman, Olivier Véran, thus assured during his press conference on Wednesday that “he does not project himself into the idea of a massive mobilization.” A little earlier in the day, the Delegate Minister still assured “not to be afraid” of strikes.
Source: BFM TV
