Paris (AFP)
The secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez "warns" the government against the "anger" which he says animates the country after ten months of health crisis, announcing mobilizations at the end of January in the energy and education sectors , in an interview with the Sunday Journal.
"I warn the government: there is a lot of anger over the social situation and concern for health," warns the union official.
"This is why we have already planned mobilizations by the end of January: the 26th in education, the 28th in energy, but also against the closures of sites and for better salaries", he adds.
Noting that opposition to the law against global security has led to demonstrations "important despite everything", despite the health situation due to the Covid 19 epidemic, he believes that "when employees are determined, nothing is wrong. is impossible ".
He therefore refers to "interprofessional events, with youth organizations, the FSU or Solidaires" and recalls that the CGT, among others, "took legal action against a decree which recently authorized the creation of a file listing in particular the activities activists ".
For Mr. Martinez, the epidemic has "highlighted the evils that have been pointed out for a long time already: the saturation of hospitals, the precariousness of employment, the absence of conditionality to public aid".
He therefore asks the government not to relaunch the pension reform.
"If to reduce poverty, restore purchasing power and safeguard employment, the government considers that the only solution remains to reform pensions, it is playing with fire and making a risky bet. Very risky", he warns .
While the vaccination campaign began a week ago in France, the secretary general of the CGT recalls that the choice to be vaccinated "belongs to everyone".
“Personally, I will,” he adds.
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