The number one of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, again castigated on Monday the “unworthy spectacle” given to the National Assembly on the pension reform, to which he opposed the “dignity of the world of work” which is expressed in the Street.
“What is expressed in the mobilizations is the dignity of the world of work (…) The government must hear this deep mobilization”, declared the secretary general of the CFDT on Europe 1.
Laurent Berger once again denounced the “unworthy and shameful spectacle” given to the National Assembly, where rebellious France maintained thousands of amendments, notably preventing the examination of article 7 on the postponement of the age legal age 64.
According to him, the next day of mobilization against the reform, March 7, will not be “the extension of the mess that happened in the Assembly in the streets” but “the continuation of the trade union movement, orchestrated and controlled by the trade unions”.
“We are calling to bring the country to a halt, which is different from a blockage. On March 7, we need a dignified and respectful mobilization but which goes up a notch”, continued the leader of the CFDT.
“I think the debate in the Senate will be more dignified. But then it will come back to the Assembly for a final vote and I say this to parliamentarians: listen to what is happening in your constituencies”, because pensions are “not just a political subject”.
“Afterwards, if the government does not hear us, there will be deep resentment in the world of work”, warned Laurent Berger.
“There will be no end of sequence,” he warned, referring to a term used by the government. “Workers don’t have a sequence in their life, they live their work life over time. At the end of March, they won’t tell themselves the retirement sequence is over, we move on,” he said. .
02/20/2023 09:33:50 – Paris (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
