Around fifty tractors came to block very early, this Friday, November 22, the five supermarkets in Pertuis in Vaucluse to denounce unfair competition and the abusive margins of mass distribution.
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Aldi, Lidl, Carrefour Hyper U and Drive U, these five supermarkets were blocked early this Friday morning in Pertuis by around fifty tractors and angry farmers. These blockages put pressure on the remaining government. without action, after words”, according to non-union farmers, led in Vaucluse by Denis Odetto, who also denounce “unfair competition.
“We have nothing left to live on. Before, we managed to have a little cash flow, but now it's been two or three years, with the war in Ukraine, everything has increased. The costs are increasing, but the prices are not. 'are not increasing at all, so we find ourselves living on just 1,200 euros per month.
Despite the 70 measures announced by the government, farmers regret not seeing anything coming, and that it remains at the announcement stage. ” Between the announcements and the facts, that’s two. There is nothing concrete, apart from zero-rated non-road diesel, and there has been compensation for herd vaccinations, and nothing else.” insists Denis Odetto.
The mobilization is gaining momentum. Previously, it was the union organizations which led the dance, this Friday morning in Pertuis it was the non-union farmers who mobilized. “We are all farmers, unionized or not, anger is everywhere, no one can make a living from their job anymore“, laments this market gardener.
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