The employers’ organizations are reassured by the victory of Emmanuel Macron on April 24, while the workers’ unions are already worried about the reforms to come, in particular those of pensions.
Vigilance at all levels. The unions fear a harsh pension reform with a departure at 65. There will have to be more negotiations and more listening, believes Yves Veyrier, general secretary of Force Ouvrière: “ The President of the Republic suggests that the method will change. I tell him in this case that the President of the Republic and the government tomorrow must hear what we have to say and the reasons for what we say. We are not just brandishing a slogan, we have well-founded arguments to say that we are opposed to raising the legal retirement age. »
Towards demonstrations?
On the employers’ side, we are rather calm. At work now! This is what Jean Eudes Dumesnil, Secretary General of the Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, says in essence: What we want in particular is that, for example, the subject of pensions can move forward, the question of civil service reform, the question of restoring balance to public finances. There are really urgent matters, but the difficulty is that these reforms are accepted, but for us they are absolutely essential. »
Reforms that could be challenged in the street from May 1. The unions are betting on a show of force next Sunday, Workers’ Day.
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