A last meeting to leave good friends? The intersyndicale meets this Thursday evening at the headquarters of the CFE-CGC, a sign of unity even if there should not be a new day of mobilization before the summer. The intersyndicale which brings together the eight main French unions and five youth organizations did not meet on June 6, the evening of the 14th day of mobilization against the pension reform, contrary to a well-established routine, and has not since press release neither on this day, nor on the failure of the Liot group’s bill aimed at repealing the reform, on June 8.
The time for each of its members to learn the lessons of a “retirement” sequence which is coming to an end, when the law has been promulgated and the first decrees have appeared, even if the unions claim not to “turn the page “. As suggested by the statements of Laurent Berger (CFDT) last week, the inter-union will not announce a new day of strikes and demonstrations.
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“Before the summer, I don’t think there will be. We will see tomorrow what the inter-union will say in the press release. We are going to prepare and build for after the summer, ”said the secretary general of Force Ouvrière, Frédéric Souillot, on Wednesday on Sud Radio. For Dominique Corona (Unsa) the purpose of this meeting and the press conference that will follow is to “continue to show unity”. “We said that we worked together, we demonstrate it. “Working groups” to develop common proposals should be announced. On May 30, one of the representatives of the CGT within the inter-union, Sébastien Menesplier, had mentioned the establishment of such groups on work orders and unemployment insurance.
In recent days, tensions have emerged within the inter-union, with statements not always pleasant between the numbers one of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, and his counterpart of the CGT, Sophie Binet (CGT). “Laurent Berger, he hands over. It was perhaps his last demonstration to him, with regard to the inter-union we will meet next week and we will discuss the consequences together, ”said Sophie Binet last week on France Info. “We will see if Sophie Binet calls for a mobilization by the end of June”, had swept in response Laurent Berger.