At the call of the National Bar Council, the lawyers will be on strike from this Monday. - Julie Urbach / 20 Minutes

  • As of this Monday and until Friday, the lawyers announce a “hard strike” against the pension reform carried by the government.
  • In Toulouse, at the call of the National Bar Council, they will not provide immediate appearances and the bar association will not appoint officially appointed lawyers.
  • The black dresses want to keep their autonomous “beneficiary and united” scheme, and denounce the doubling of contributions for the lowest income if they were to join the general scheme.

They promise a black Monday in the courtrooms, a "hard strike" to the point of not ensuring immediate appearance hearings or even the appointment of court clerks to ensure the defense of those in police custody. Lawyers in Toulouse and elsewhere have decided not to retreat from the reform that threatens their autonomous regime.

At the call of the National Council of Bars, this Monday, no Toulouse black dress will participate in a hearing. “The lawyers will go there to request the postponement, and this will be the case all week. We will not ensure the litigation of the liberty, the order will not appoint any lawyer assigned by office. It is very rare that we make this kind of decision, it is the last step to be heard ”, explains Manuel Furet, the Bâtonnier of Toulouse.

@BarreauToulouse Doubling of contributions, reduction of 30% of the pension paid, use of our reserves to compensate for the increase in contributions, alleged compensation by the CSG ... Obviously we were not heard. This recalls other consultations !!! https://t.co/BH9n4HD8YQ

- Manuel Furet (@ManuelFuret) December 13, 2019

Like his colleagues, he is opposed to the integration of his profession into the universal pension system desired by the government. “We demand the maintenance of our autonomous regime which works well. It is a beneficiary and solidarity scheme towards loss-making schemes, but also for those who have contributed the least or who have worked a lot with legal aid, ”pleads the Toulouse lawyer.

Double contributions, reduced pension

The transition to the general scheme would result in a doubling of contributions from 14 to 28% for those who earn less than 41,000 euros per year, or a third of lawyers in Toulouse.

"And at the same time, we are going to have a reduction in the minimum amount of pensions, today with our scheme it is 1,400 euros, tomorrow with the general scheme it would be 1,000 euros", notes the representative of the black dresses of the Pink City who announces that the movement is scheduled to last at least until Friday.

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