Government as CGT expect a strong mobilization Thursday, January 19 against the pension reform. “It will be a very, very strong mobilization. It has to be 1995 level, even 2010”declared on France 3 the secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, this Sunday, January 15, adding that he was doing ” all for “ that there are more than a million French people in the street on Thursday, at the call of the inter-union.
Pension reform: who will strike on January 19?
“There must also be strikes in public and private companies”, added Philippe Martinez. He said he relied on “number of buses ordered to go to the demonstrations”to the “strike notices that have been filed for a long time” in public services and transport, and to the many employees “who call us to ask us how we go on strike”.
For his part, the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt “I think there will be people in the street because there is a mobilization carried out by many organizations”.
” It is a right “
“Trade unions have legitimacy when they call for strikes or demonstrations”continued the minister questioned on France Inter / France Televisions and “the World”, also this Sunday. ” It is a right. I hope that this does not result in a blockage of the country because many people want to continue working. »
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As for possible violence in the demonstrations on Thursday, Philippe Martinez replied that the question fell to the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, since “These problems have always been on the sidelines of the processions”. “We organize the processions and we make sure that things go well in the processions”assured the leader of the CGT.
