New stage, Saturday in Paris, against the pension reform. Force Ouvrière (FO) is organizing a national event between the Montparnasse district (Duroc metro station) and Denfert-Rochereau. About 10,000 protesters are expected, according to the prognosis of FO.
There will be two or three times less, think however some officials who regret this call launched solo while the CGT, joined by Solidaires and the FSU, calls to parade and strike on the same slogan next Tuesday. This scatter illustrates the dispersion of the union forces, opposed to the pension reform at the time the government relaunched the consultation on this issue.
FO denounces the very principle of the universal system by points
The secretary general of FO, Yves Veyrier, claims the choice of a separate event. "We made our decision last spring," he said Friday in an interview with L'Humanité . "At the time, we were being billed for a bill this summer, and since then the calendar has changed ... but it does not matter: the key is to publicly affirm our determination, our analyzes and our positions," he continues. -he.
FO denounces the very principle of the universal system by points and considers that the current system, with its 42 schemes, provides a good level of pension. The demonstration this afternoon will be an opportunity to trumpet. "It will be a warm-up and nothing will prevent us from considering broader trade union actions," concludes the FO leader.