The mobilization against the pension reform promises to be massive. But if some observers compare it with the big strike of 1995, since then, the world has changed. The development of digital technology makes it possible to find new mobility solutions, maintain online economic activity or telework.

Thursday, the mobilization promises massive against the pension reform. Disturbances in transport, schools, hospital or lawyers' strike. Many compare this movement to the great strikes of 1995, against the Juppé plan on pensions, already. Three weeks of mobilization that had blocked economic activity. But the situation could be different. Between 1995 and 2019, the digital revolution passed by. At the time, almost impossible to telecommute. The employees did not have laptops or smartphones. Most documents were not dematerialized. It was therefore obligatory to go to work.

Live traffic and mobility solution

Although it will not change much in the galley, employees who will have to go absolutely to the office or shop have a little more real-time information on traffic conditions. In 1995, there were not even self-service bicycles. Today, there are many mobility solutions.

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In 1995, e-commerce weighed nothing. Here too, the big names in e-commerce or well-established stores with a website can maintain an activity. Only the question of delivery could possibly arise. So even if the impact could be massive a few weeks of Christmas, it should still be a little less heavy than in 1995.