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In the front row, Laurent Berger, former general secretary of the CFDT (2nd on the left), near Marylise Léon, current general secretary of the CFDT (3rd on the left), Sophie Binet (5th on the left), general secretary of the CGT, and Murielle Guilbert, co-general delegate of the Union syndicale-Solidaires (7th on the left), on May 1, 2023, in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
United as a single block against pension reform, the inter-union is in the process of disintegrating. According to information from Monde and the AFP, the leaders of the eight main employee organizations must meet on Friday, December 1 at the national headquarters of the CFDT, to formalize the shelving of their alliance, after having been at the origin of a social movement exceptional in its scale and duration in the first half of the year. If the day of mobilization on December 12 in Brussels, at the call of the European Trade Union Confederation (CES), appears on the agenda of this meeting, it will mainly be a question of the future of the coalition formed in France. Nobody talks about divorce. But the links forged since the start of summer 2022 are now weakened.
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“I think the time has come to clear things up between us, confides François Hommeril, president of the CFE-CGC. There is no justification today for the inter-union to continue. » Among the organizations wishing “put the car in the garage”, according to an expression used behind the scenes, FO is one of the most explicit. Its secretary general, Frédéric Souillot, explains that “the inter-union is a powerful tool but when there are no common demands, the tool has no use”.
Should we talk about a breakup? No, in the eyes of Marylise Léon: “This is not necessarily the end of the adventure, tempers the general secretary of the CFDT. Whatever happens, it is important to take stock between us to see what happens next. » For Cyril Chabanier, the president of the CFTC, the most important thing is “to be together during strong moments and big battles”. “Some organizations may be tempted by permanent union”he adds, but this is not the ” policy “ of his union.
“A collective responsibility”
Other members of the coalition warn of the risks of separation. “We cannot afford the luxury of union division, in the face of a government and employers who are intransigent towards the world of work,” warns Sophie Binet. The general secretary of the CGT underlines that “employees are very attached to this alliance that our organizations have created for over a year” : “They see that it plays a decisive role in defending and improving their rights. »
An analysis shared by Simon Duteil, co-general delegate of Solidaires: “We must keep in mind that the union movement has suffered a series of defeats over the past few decades, while seeing its audience decline. Our organizations therefore have a collective responsibility which is to try to maintain a unitary framework of action. Our weight is obviously not the same if we mobilize in groups of three or eight. » Benoit Teste, FSU number one, considers that “it would be a mistake to stop the inter-union”. He believes a lot in this mode of operation, which “has demonstrated its effectiveness” by provoking massive demonstrations against the increase in the legal retirement age to 64.
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