While an eighth day of mobilization is scheduled for Wednesday throughout France, union leaders have already announced that they will gather on Thursday March 16 in front of the National Assembly, the day of the probable vote on the pension reform.
Gathered Monday morning, “all the union leaders have agreed to call for this new day of action, the day after the mobilization scheduled for March 15”affirmed the general secretary of Force Ouvrière (FO), Frédéric Souillot, in The Parisian. “There will be a gathering of all nos 1 trade unionists in front of the National Assembly at 12:30 p.m. and actions in all the departments in front of the prefectures and in the squares of the cities of France. But we leave the choice to the local intersyndicales ”he specified.
The initiative was confirmed on Tuesday on RTL by the leader of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, who regretted that this announcement of FO had been disclosed without consultation with the other unions. “We will not do anything on Thursday, there will be rallies in different places in France (…). We will go before the National Assembly to express ourselves. We talk together »he added.
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“Risk of social tension, anger”
Since December, the pension reform has burdened all the other subjects and created a chasm between the executive and the French, overwhelmingly hostile to the reform, over the demonstrations and showdowns in the National Assembly.
Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to receive the unions ” emergency “as they demanded, also risks making an impression, even if the head of state has never ceased to emphasize that the door of Elisabeth Borne’s government remains open.
And “incredible arm of honor to social democracy”denounced the general secretary of the CFDT, Laurent Berger. “It is to take the risk that the social movement degenerates”added the secretary general of FO, Frédéric Souillot.
“There is a risk of social tension, of anger”, concedes a parliamentary official from the presidential camp. Beyond, “Still action is the biggest risk”he points out, while Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister, who plays his role in this affair, hope to pick up the pieces with the social partners on the occasion of the next employment bill.