This Tuesday, October 1, is marked by a new day of mobilization to demand the repeal of the pension reform and an increase in wages.
THE ESSENTIAL
- This Tuesday, October 1, throughout France, a call for mobilization was launched by the CGT, the FSU as well as several youth organizations such as the Student Union, Unef, Fidl and the High School Union.
- The demands concern pensions, salaries but also gender equality and the financing of public services.
- The mobilization is taking place while the Prime Minister will hold his general policy speech today at 3 p.m., in order to present his program and his roadmap to parliamentarians.
- The railway workers have been called to strike, but TGV traffic should remain normal while regional trains could experience small difficulties.
- Schools will experience greater mobilization, with teachers demonstrating for “their salaries, their pensions, to finally obtain positions and the end of the clash of knowledge”
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11:41 – Images of the first processions
Images of the first processions are shared. In Rennes or Marseille, for example, several hundred people gathered.
11:00 – A well-attended event?
The CGT lists around 180 rallies throughout the country, the CFDT, FO, CGE-CGC, CFTC and Unsa having refused to join the mobilization. In Paris, the authorities are counting on 5,000 to 10,000 participants for the demonstration which will begin at 2 p.m. on Place Denfert-Rochereau. She will leave towards Place de la Bastille, in the 12th arrondissement.
10:45 – A major mobilization in schools
Teachers are mobilizing for “their salaries, their pensions, to finally obtain positions and the end of the clash of knowledge”, in reference to the education reform which includes the establishment of level groups according to subjects in the colleges, said CGT Education. The lack of teachers will also be at the heart of the mobilization, while a teacher was missing in 56% of middle and high schools in France during the last school year and at least 3,000 positions were not taken up in teacher competitions this year. year. In primary school, the students concerned were notified, an obligation which does not apply to middle and high school.
10:28 – The first processions set off
As of this morning, several processions set off in particular in Grenoble (10 a.m.), Reims (10 a.m.), Orléans (10:30 a.m.), Marseille (10:30 a.m.), Rennes (11 a.m.) and Bordeaux (11:30 a.m.). Their demands concern in particular the repeal of the pension reform and the increase in salaries.
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In Paris, a procession will set off from Place Denfert-Rochereau at 2 p.m., heading towards Place de la Bastille. In Toulouse, Strasbourg, Lille or Dunkirk, the mobilizations will also take place in the afternoon while in Grenoble, Reims, Orléans, Marseille, Rennes or even Bordeaux, the departure will take place in the morning.
The CGT identified 179 gathering places, a fairly low figure compared to the 250 on the last day of mobilization against the pension reform which took place in June. This Tuesday “will be a first step” which “will allow us to count the forces and show our determination”, the secretary general of the FSU, Benoît Teste, told AFP.
“Protesting on the day when the Prime Minister makes his general policy speech is still a little complicated,” judged on franceinfo the leader of the CFTC, Cyril Chabanier, who is not participating in the mobilization. The mobilization is considered premature: “We will listen and if we see that things are not going in the right direction, we do not rule out being able to mobilize,” he added.
