France will not be paralyzed this Tuesday after a protest that organizers, four unions and four youth organizations, did not want to describe as a general strike and which, among others, is not supported by the first trade union in the French state, the CFDT.
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The wage protests, which sparked a serious supply crisis at petrol stations in France, are extending this Tuesday with a day of strikes in many sectors that may continue and the Government of Emmanuel Macronunder pressure in Parliament as well.
The General Confederation of Labor (CBT), supported by three other small unions in tomorrow’s strike, is the protagonist of this impetus to the director of Macron on which he blames his unwillingness to the general compensation of inflation in wages, but also his plans for reform, especially those of pensions.
In the message calling for the strike, four trade unions and four youth organizations who also sign it, ask “the workers and the young” to mobilize themselves “for the increase of wages, pensions, social subsidies and for the improvement of living and study conditions”.
The general secretary of the CGT, Philippe Martinezrecalled on Monday that tomorrow’s protest is “the continuation” of the protest they staged on September 29, and warned that once the scale of the mobilization is seen, workers will decide whether to stop the strikes in the following days extended, as some union sections have already fallen.
France will not be paralyzed this Tuesday in a protest that organizers have not wanted to describe as a general strike and which is not supported, among others, by the first state union, the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT).
But it goes without saying that its impact will remain significant in the Energy (three out of seven refineries are still completely stationary and many fuel tanks are clogged, leaving 30% of gas stations unsupplied) and it will also be mentioned in education, transport or health.
In education, many parents will not be able to take their children to daycare centers due to a lack of staff and the cancellation of classes in primary, secondary and especially secondary vocational education is expected.
The strikes at state energy company EDF, which started a few weeks ago long before wage negotiations begin tomorrow, have spread to 9 of France’s 18 nuclear power plants this weekend, the CGT said.
Two days after the demonstration that took place several dozen thousands of people in Paris Called on by the left-wing opposition demanding measures from his government to compensate for the loss in purchasing power, Macron must first live up to the promise he made on the 12th of a return to normalcy at gas stations this week.
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Source: EITB
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