Paris (AFP)
The secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, warned Friday against "a reform planted by the government" if the demands of his union, particularly on arduousness and funding, were not heard.
If the CFDT's demands to take into account the arduousness but also the financing of the future pension system were not heard, "it looks like the pension reform has been planted by the government," said Mr. Berger, on BFMTV / RMC, adding, however, "this is not an ultimatum".
The number one CFDT referred to the ongoing discussions on the recognition of arduous work, as well as the conference on financing requested by the CFDT, in which the social partners must find by the end of April the means to guarantee the balance of the future pension system by 2027.
"It is in light of all this that the CFDT, at the end, will position itself and say what it thinks of this reform," said Laurent Berger. Asked about the possibility of calling a strike, he replied that the CFDT "does not refuse any form of action".
The only trade union organization to be in favor of the principle of the universal points system, the CFDT proposed around forty amendments to the bill currently being examined in Parliament on the subjects which are dear to it: minimum pension at 100% of the Smic, better taking into account periods of unemployment, arduousness criteria, flat-rate increase per child or progressive retirement.
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