Margaux Fodere 11:06 a.m., January 23, 2023

For the unions, the protest against the pension reform takes place in the street but also... in the wallet.

In order to be able to hold out over time, strike funds have been planned to finance actions and pay those for whom a day of strike would weigh too heavily on the budget,

The unions say they are ready to lead the revolt to the end against the pension reform.

Before the next rally, the CGT calls for demonstrations this Monday in front of the prefectures.

Secretary General Philippe Martinez does not rule out actions during the holidays either.

On Tuesday, the inter-union of the SNCF will also decide on the possibility of a renewable strike.

To sustain the protest over time, strike funds have been planned. 

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Online, in the form of cash or check, these funds can be managed at company, union or even inter-union level and anyone can participate.

"When there are big struggles, there are big solidarity funds that are built. There are plenty of employees who are not members but who are quite in agreement with us. Sometimes for fear of the display, they prefer to participate in these solidarity funds", recalls Fabrice Coudoure, federal secretary of the Federation of mines and energy of the CGT.

Hundreds of thousands of euros

In a few days, several funds were launched such as those of CGT-RATP, Solidaires-RATP or CGT-Infocom.

One thing is certain, the needs are great: "a national demonstration organized in Paris costs several million euros between snacks, the purchase of banners, stickers, chasubles. You can have boxes where it goes there are 500 € and others with several thousand euros on it. The fact that these solidarity funds exist show that the movement is supported".

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For the moment, it is difficult to know what amounts have been collected from certain funds.

This already amounts to hundreds of thousands of euros.