If the inter-union was in full force for the civil servants' demonstration on December 5, 2024, Force Ouvrière withdrew in the extremes of the call to gather, this Thursday, December 12, in front of the sub-prefecture of Cherbourg (10:30 a.m.), public-private combined. CGT, FSU and Solidarity South have no illusions about the mobilization of employees, in these periods of political unrest and in the absence of government.
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A call for “social responsibility”
Especially since Cotentin is experiencing full employment, and is not affected by the social plans which have hit the country hard in recent months (112 between September and December alone). However, in the face of “permanent attacks against a severely shaken public service”, and to also call on the major clients (Naval Group, Orano, EDF and CMN) who are announcing 25,000 new employees to come within ten years, “social responsibility, particularly in terms of housing. Not to mention that all these employees will need public services worthy of the name.”