Stéphane Burgatt, edited by Maxime Asseo 7:08 p.m., January 15, 2023
After the teachers at the end of last week, it is the turn of the public finance unions to show their opposition to the pension reform.
This professional category intends to mobilize for the big day of protest organized by the unions this Thursday.
"We feel a real desire not to let things go," says Maxime Picard, departmental secretary of the Solidaire finances publics 13 union in Marseille.
After the teachers at the end of last week, it is the turn of the public finance unions to mobilize against the pension reform and for the big day of opposition next Thursday.
Philippe Laget, CGT public finance secretary, also feels the tension rising with his colleagues.
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"A social explosion"
Many of them "come to see us", notes the CGT secretary, "they did not think they would do almost another year, some find themselves taken by the throat".
"It's life projects that are completely upset," he explains while giving the example of a colleague who will not be able to make the trip she had planned.
"It's a form of precariousness which means there is significant discomfort and which will lead to a social explosion."
In the neighboring office, Maxime Picard makes the same observation with his colleagues: "we feel a real desire to mobilize. He calls us, he comes to see us".
Some also come to reassure themselves and find out if "something massive is brewing", continues the secretary who denounces the untruths of the government: "in public finances, we are well placed to know that there is money, just go get it in the right place".
Added to the inflationary context, this reform could well lead to a massive and coordinated mobilization in their services, according to him.