The unions do not intend to forfeit their showdown with the government over pension reform. “Nothing undermines the determination of workers, deprived of jobs, young and retired”, writes the CGT in a press release Monday evening, after the rejection of the motions of censure tabled by parliamentarians, following the triggering of 49.3 by Elisabeth Borne.
The rejection of this motion, “by a few votes, does not change anything!” “. “Everyone, without exception, considers this reform unjustified, unjust and brutal”, continues the second French union.
Calls to “mobilize” on March 23
The CGT therefore calls to “amplify the mobilizations”, and to “participate massively in the renewable strikes and the demonstrations” Thursday “and after, if necessary”. The inter-union indeed called last week for a new day of strikes and demonstrations, the ninth, March 23.
Interviewed on LCI also on Monday evening, the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, also called on the employees to “mobilize Thursday, within the framework of the inter-union, in the same sense of responsibility” as since January to request the withdrawal of the reform. He also said he was worried about the “anger” and “violence” that could be expressed as a result of the adoption of a law which had “no majority in the National Assembly”, while affirming that the unions would not be “accountable for what would happen that would not be under union orders”.
“Nothing is decided” says the FSU
“We are in the process of creating for ten billion euros (…) the biggest social crisis of the last ten years and the biggest political crisis of the last twenty or thirty years, it is not worth it “, he warned. Laurent Berger also recalled that the Constitutional Council would be seized, and a shared initiative referendum launched, with the support of the unions.
In another press release, the FSU for its part considered that “nothing is certain”, and called on the President of the Republic not to promulgate the law. She wished “a powerful day of strikes and demonstrations on Thursday”. “The social movement is more legitimate than ever to challenge a law passed in force, without a majority in the National Assembly and despite the very strong opposition it encounters in the population”, she finally affirmed.