Tag: Unions
Headline: pension reform… who will crack?
A question on the front page of Opinion. Yesterday, Wednesday, the unions recorded a new mobilization success. A million 270,000 demonstrators throughout France, according to the Ministry of the Interior,…
Marie Buisson (CGT): we are going to “raise the balance of power to push back the government”
Marie Buisson, contender for the succession of Philippe Martinez at the head of the CGT, is this Wednesday, February 1, 2023, the guest of the morning of RFI. The day…
Pension reform: the trade unions’ strategy to continue the mobilization
A record number of opponents of the pension reform marched on Tuesday, January 31, to try to roll back the government. Everywhere in France, the processions displayed the same refusal…
how do the police and the unions assess the mobilizations?
The battle of numbers between the police and the unions is inherent in the demonstrations. The number of demonstrators differs depending on whether it is given by one or the…
unions hope to strike ‘higher and harder’ against pensions
A second round “higher, stronger” in France? From Arras to Nice, opponents of the pension reform began to parade in processions where this Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of French people…
the pressure is mounting before act 2 of the mobilization for pensions
New day of mobilization, this Tuesday, January 31 in France, against the pension reform. On January 19, they were more than a million according to the police, the double according…
Pension reform: “This event will weigh more than others on the ongoing debates”
Second day of strike against the pension reform this Tuesday. More than 200 demonstrations are planned throughout the country, a sign of vigorous mobilization in large cities, of course, but…
“Can unions die?” : the book to read to understand the social context
Can unions die? through Stephanie Matteudi-Lecocq. Rue de Seine, 339 pages, €19.90. 4 stars The image of the eight leaders of the main French unions, exceptionally gathered at the Labor…
Pension reform: “the government would take a risk by using article 47.1”
The government adopted its pension reform in the Council of Ministers, displaying its “determination” to go all the way without “renouncing” the postponement of the retirement age to 64, despite…
the government, right in its boots
This Monday morning was held a council of ministers largely devoted to the presentation of the pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron. And, despite the opposition of the trade union…