2023-04-20 12:22:40
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“Trade unionism is back, Mr. President. We are there, and we will have to deal with it, ”launched the boss of the CFDT, on France Inter, Thursday morning.
Two months before his announced departure, the boss of the CFDT remains on the breach. On France Inter, this Thursday morning, Laurent Berger returned to Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Alsace, severely judging the attitude of the Head of State. Greeted by protesters and a concert of pans the day before, he said that “It’s not the saucepans that will make France move forward“, adding that the opponents present”try to make noise. If we are in a society where we only listen to people who want to make noise to cover their words, we can’t get by».
«When you hear, you have to listen. And I believe that yesterday, the President of the Republic, did not listen. He said it’s not the pans that rule… But stop the provocation“Faced with opponents of pension reform, retorted Laurent Berger. “What is expressed behind the sounds of pans is the reality of the world of work“, he analyzed, calling on the executive to hear the difficulties of employees who cannot continue until they are 64 years old. “Democracy is not just about being elected once, then doing what you want“, also declared the boss of the CFDT.
The intersyndicale is therefore counting on May 1 to put pressure on the government on the pension file, but not only: “There will be other topics, in terms of wages, working conditions“, noted Laurent Berger. After this date, the CFDT will meet the executive in order to put these themes on the table, added the secretary general, wishing “faire [son] trade unionist work». «I don’t know if it should be at the Élysée […]. We don’t want to arrive in a meeting where we are told, “Here, that’s the project” […]. The method is that when there are proposals that are put on the table by the organizations, we want there to be debateon it, he warned. The social conflict around pensions could also serve the unions, allowing them to obtain more advantageous conditions on other subjects: “It’s not a quid pro quo, but clearly today won’t be like yesterday […]. Yes, everything is going to cost a little more, that’s for surethe representative scolded.
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The movement against the reform will continue
The union representative also spoke out against Emmanuel Macron’s vision of social democracy, accusing the executive of giving in to temptation “to diminish, to lessen the role of the trade unions“. A strategy held in check by the social movement mobilized since January: “Trade unionism is back, Mr. President. We are here, and we will have to deal with“, he launched, to the address of the head of state. Personal relations between the two men also remain icy: if the tenant of the Elysée Palace said he had “friendshipfor Laurent Berger, the latter shot him an arrow this Thursday morning. “I have many friends who wrote to me yesterday. But not the President of the Republic“, he let go. And to add:You ask me if he’s a friend, I answer you no».
The movement against pension reform will continue, despite his imminent departure, said Laurent Berger. “You have to know how to pass the hand, because you are passing through. […] Until June 21, I will have the same determination, the same frankness, the same application on all subjects, including that of pensions“Assured the union representative, judging his own person secondary to the whole social movement. It is up to his runner-up, Marylise Léon, to then take up the torch. For his part, there is no question for the current head of the CFDT to engage in politics in the years to come. “I won’t do politics, period“, he swore.
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