Margaux Fodéré, edited by Laura Laplaud 11:23 am, March 23, 2023

The ninth day of mobilization against the pension reform will inevitably disrupt transport, schools, refineries. A movement that hardens in substance and form. In Nantes, the boss of a temporary employment network, saw one of his agencies damaged by demonstrators.

"Business leaders are fed up," says Eric Haddad, head of a temporary employment network in Nantes. At the microphone of Europe 1, he rants against strikes that, according to him, prevent companies from working. The movement against pension reform is hardening over time. Energy blockades, massive transport strikes, more violent demonstrations... Sometimes to the detriment of public furniture and shops. One of Eric Haddad's agencies was defaced on the sidelines of a demonstration against the pension reform on Saturday, February 11.

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"Taking people hostage is unconstitutional!"

"The yellow vests, the Covid, the strikes! We are blocked! I have employees who want to work but when they can not go on their mission or when they can not come to work in our various agencies, they are forced to leave, to put it on paid leave or absence, "he laments.

"The value of work has been completely abandoned"

"So yes, the right to strike is constitutional, but taking people hostage and employees who want to work hostage is unconstitutional," said Eric Haddad before adding to specify the impact on his activity. "It's a lack of turnover, a lack of production, a lack of purchasing power for our temporary workers and our employees.

Business leaders get up in the morning, we put everything on the table, we are guarantors, we are guarantors, we are faced with the repayment of the loan and every day, we fight to maintain the salaries of our employees! All European countries work until 66 or 67 years old except that unfortunately, the value of work in France has been completely abandoned, it's dramatic."