The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) does not want to release the pressure. Despite the mixed success of the mobilization of October 18, it organizes, Thursday, October 27, a new day of action in favor of wages. Due to the holidays and lack of participation from other unions, the event promises to be uninspiring.
“We wanted there to be no total break during the holidays, but it will be less important than the 18 [octobre] »acknowledges to Agence France-Presse (AFP) the confederal secretary Céline Verzeletti.
At the height of the strike in the refineries and its consequences for motorists, the mobilization of October 18 brought together 107,000 demonstrators throughout France according to the police (300,000 according to the union), with strikes in the nuclear and transport.
If the CGT had said to itself “fairly satisfied” of this day, this mobilization had not resulted in a widening of the social movements as the organizers had hoped. Since then, the strike has only affected two TotalEnergies sites, and a wage agreement has been reached at EDF. No disruption is expected in transport on Thursday.
The CGT is calling for an increase in the minimum wage, an indexation of all salaries to inflation and a revaluation of the index point for civil servants, specifies Céline Verzeletti.
“We want to maintain the pressure, allow employees who are struggling to find themselves at a point of demonstration. In the boxes where there has been mobilization, the wage increases have been greater”says the union official.
The CGT hopes to rally other organizations in December
Unlike the day of October 18, FO, Solidaires and the FSU will not be in the game. The CGT hopes that these organizations will join it for another day of mobilization already announced for November 10. The CFDT, the leading union in France, did not participate in the mobilization of October 18.
The Parisian demonstration will leave at 2 p.m. from Montparnasse to the Medef headquarters near the Ecole Militaire metro station. Rallies are also planned in the provinces.