A “lack of recognition”. They were hailed, considered essential professions, seen as the “heroes” of confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ATMs or dumpsters feel, however, in a context of pension reform, despised by the government.
The government “does not calculate us”, does not increase wages and “still wants us to work two more years”, lists Ibrahim Sidibé, a garbage collector in Paris. “It’s adding misery to misery,” he laments.
“Condemned”
“We are doomed. We tell ourselves ‘work until we die,'” laments Ibrahim Sidibé, a Paris garbage collector.
The same story with other professionals, also welcomed during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Today the cashiers and cashiers are in pain. They can’t take it anymore, some even ask, taking into account the hardship, to leave even well before the age of 62”, the legal retirement age, which the reform carried out by the government foresees postponing to 64 years of age.
“Today, we think that cashiers and cashiers should leave even before the age of 60, because, at that age, it is very difficult to practice this profession,” added Elhadji Niang, federal secretary of the CGT Gran Distribución.
Since Thursday and the overwhelming approval of the government on the text through the use of 49.3, rallies and demonstrations have multiplied throughout France to question the reform but also this choice of the government to approve the text without submitting it to the vote of the deputies.
On Monday afternoon, two motions of censure will be submitted to the vote of the deputies, presented by the National Association for one and by the independent group Liot for the other. The objective of the opposition is to overthrow the government.
Source: BFM TV
