Members of the CGT lit a fire during a demonstration at the entrance to the Cordemais coal power plant, in Loire-Atlantique, on March 9, 2023. LOIC VENANCE / AFP
DECRYPTION – Thanks to history, companies have privileges on pensions or working time. They are also the ones who are mobilizing the most to bring the economy to a standstill.
It is the eternal return. To express their opposition to the pension reform, the trade unions are once again activating the same levers: trains stopped, planes screwed to the ground, targeted power cuts, drying up of the fuel distribution network… to the great displeasure users. Some union federations are fully aware of their power to harm the economy and do not miss an opportunity to use it to try to put France “off” or “on your knees”it depends.
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