After teleworking, tele-demonstrating: this year, the exceptionally confined May 1, gave unions and many workers the opportunity to find other means of expressing their dissatisfaction.

Exceptionally, this May 1st did not offer the traditional images of demonstrations during Labor Day. But even when confined to the coronavirus, workers and unions wanted to make their voices heard against government policy. To achieve this, many have shown imagination to maintain the claiming dimension of this Friday.

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Small bits of demonstrations on the balconies have been massively shared on social networks. Like these hundreds of videos of casserolades, concerts of saucepans to shout their discontent, instead of the traditional slogans chanted in the streets.

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- Claudio Pulgar-Pinaud (@cpulgarpinaud) May 1, 2020

"Anger confined, explosion guaranteed!"

"It’s super important, when it’s complicated to demonstrate, to express your ideas and say that this system works on your head, that capitalism works to defend the profits of companies and not at all the life of people" , says Aurélie, a CGT activist who works at the hospital, determined to keep up the pressure on the government during this period.

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Social networks are also drowned in photos of banners hanging on the windows of houses and apartments. "The next day, I want the protection of public services", can we read, for example, on a CGT banner. "Anger confined, explosion guaranteed!", Indicates another marked with the Solidaires logo.

Politicians mobilize at a distance

Politicians have rushed into the breach to mobilize their troops. "If you have a red cloth at home, you can tie a small knot on the balcony to signify that even if you are confined, you remain mobilized", explains the deputy of La France rebellious from the North Adrien Quatennens.

"Even in this particular form, we continued to assert our claims with a social dimension," says another LFI parliamentarian, Alexis Corbière. "We have adapted." Finally, there is an internet page to demonstrate virtually. Nearly 10,000 avatars were connected to this site at the same time in the early evening.