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In Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), the May 1st gathering was more modest this year. Around a hundred people braved the rain to gather at Place Travot and reiterate their demands.
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The umbrellas were out this Wednesday morning. Around 10:30 a.m., on Travot Square, around a hundred people gathered for this 1er May 2024. A much smaller mobilization than that experienced last year. In a context of struggle against pension reform, 2,600 people took to the streets alongside all the united unions.
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This year, only two unions called for the rally in Cholet: the CGT and Sud solidaires. The CFDT and FO had announced that they would not participate in the mobilization. “A regretAnd “ , for Thibaud Maurille, secretary of the local union of the CGT in Cholet….