
After several days of mobilization in October, the inter-union toughened its tone to demand answers on wages and public services.
Faced with the persistence of social protest, French unions (CGT, CFDT, FO, Unsa, FSU) are calling for a new day of national strike on November 5 to demand progress on wages, employment and public services.
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The social movement follows several days of mobilization in October, including civil service strikes and high school demonstrations.
An explosive social autumn. After a day of strike in the civil service on September 29, then the mobilization of October 17, marked by damage and looting, and those of October 24 and 31, calmer but still followed, to which is added the high school movement, the unions want to further increase the pressure on the government.
“The time has come to take a new step in mobilization, the strike must take over” from November 5, launched the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet on Wednesday October 21, after a meeting in Matignon. “The mobilization meeting is November 5,” declared CFDT general secretary Marylise Léon.
This new day of social protest was announced at the beginning of October by an inter-union union bringing together the CFDT, the CGT, FO, the Unsa and the FSU, “for wages, public services, employment and industry”. “The anger is immense. The situation in the country is fragile. He…
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National strike day on November 5.
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