After a day of strong mobilization against the pension reform on Tuesday, it was this Wednesday, March 8, the feminist strike! On this International Day for Women’s Rights, feminist organizations and several unions called for a mobilization to demand ” equality at work and in life and, of course, against pension reform.
CGT vans, FSU flags, this feminist mobilization had something of a trade union demonstration. ” I was also there yesterday for the demonstration against the pension reformexplains one participant. There, it is the continuation, too, so of course, it is colored today by this day of March 8. Yes, this reform is particularly sexist. »
A fight for equality between women and men, and in the face of a pension reform deemed unfair. ” Women have already hatched careers, due to maternity leave, says another participant. But also, there are some who have to take time off for painful periods, which means that women do not arrive at the same full rate as men in general. And therefore, this reform is all the more unequal for her. The question of women and their rights also arises in the demonstration against the pension reform. »
In the viewfinder: the government, but also the President of the Republic who, in 2017, had assured that women’s rights would be the great cause of his five-year term. ” It is a reform that penalizes women. So, once again, the great cause of the quinquennium, we do not see it “, criticizes a demonstrator.
A feminist fight, against pension reform, which drives all generations. ” Even at our age, it makes me very angry. We tell ourselves “but it’s normal for young women to mobilize, for young girls to wake up“. »
With this feminist strike, the trade unions could have succeeded in beginning to converge in the struggles against the pension reform.
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