Eager to meet the prefect, the Lot-et-Garonnais demonstrators did not obtain an appointment. “That means that he is disinterested in retirees, as long as we don’t have a tractor to demonstrate,” breathes Serge Dézile, departmental secretary of the CGT. “The government has decided not to revalue basic pensions in line with inflation on 1is January 2025, as required by the Social Security Code. No ! Retirees are not wealthy. The average individual standard of living of retirees for 2021 was 2,188 euros, compared to 2,428 euros for active people. In 2023, the average gross pension in Lot-et-Garonne was 1,275 euros, compared to 1,531 euros in France, according to Drees [Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques, NDLR]. »
Meet in Agen and Villeneuve
He and his comrades, however, sent a national petition to the state representative, drawn up by the inter-union association. They say “no to the reduction in the indexation of basic pensions on 1is July 2025”; demand “indexation at a minimum to inflation on 1is January ” ; “making up for losses suffered since 2017”; and no “pension below the minimum wage”.
This Thursday, December 5, the national call for a strike in the public service is launched by seven unions (CGT, CFDT, Unsa, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FA-FP). They are demanding, among other things, more resources, job creation, or even an increase in the index point. Locally, two meetings are given: in Agen, place Jasmin, at 1 p.m.; and in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, at the Paris Tower, at 2 p.m.
