Paris (AFP)
The strike movement in transport on December 5 "is going to be very strong," said CGT Secretary General Philippe Martinez on Wednesday, recalling that his organization called for renewable strikes, but without moving forward on a continuation of the movement. until Christmas.
"I think it's going to be very strong," said Sud Radio's Mr. Martinez about the day of December 5th. Asked about the possibility that the strike would continue until the end of the year, he insisted that "the anger is very strong".
"We are calling for strikes to be repeated wherever possible, but afterwards it is always the employees who decide," he said.
When asked if it was still possible to avoid this strike, he replied "obviously!" "There is a strong disagreement in the public opinion on this reform, this fundamental change of pension system in France, so just say: + we reset the counters and improve the current system +", has it -he says.
As for Marine Le Pen's support for the December 5 strike, Martinez said, "This is not the first time the RN has been playing opportunists and service populists. activists of the CGT and make them lawsuits (...), they are no longer a contradiction, in any case to try to capture a popular electorate, "he added.
The three main unions of the SNCF (CGT, Unsa and SUD-Rail) call for a strike renewed from December 5 against the pension reform. The three representative unions of the RATP (Unsa, CGT and CFE-CGC), followed by three others, also call for a strike renewable.
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