Paris (AFP)
The secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, asked Sunday that his union is received by Emmanuel Macron on pension reform, as were the CFDT and Unsa, "a question of democracy."
"It's a question of democracy, we ask for the same treatment as the others, he has to receive us to explain all the proposals of the CGT to improve our pension system," Martinez asked. , guest of "Dimanche en politique" on France 3.
The head of state this week received Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT, as well as the number one unsa, Laurent Escure, two unions that are not opposed to the establishment of a "universal system "of retreats by points, contrary to the CGT.
"This may be act 2 (the five-year period), there is more discussion with the unions, but not with all the unions," he said ironically.
On the merits of the pension reform, Mr Martinez defended the maintenance of special schemes as "complementary systems" to the general system, "even if there is a need to better harmonize a number of things, particularly on the arduousness" and " take into account the evolution of the world of work "with long studies and the development of platforms.
He considered "not negotiable" a proposal to apply the end of special regimes to future entrants.
"Why condemn future generations to retire at age 68 or 70?", He protested.
While a mobilization of the liberal professions, including lawyers, is scheduled for Monday, after that of the RATP Friday, he called "to generalize strikes." "What the RATP employees have done is a good sign that needs to be generalized," he said.
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