It must have been a day of almost ordinary anger in the Loire-Atlantique department for the public services inter-union, feeling “once again the victim of savings projects”, as Leticia Denoual, representative of the territorial CFDT, meant.
The State's budgetary choices were accompanied by announcements of significant cuts in the Pays de la Loire region. As a result, in Saint-Nazaire, Nantes, Châteaubriant, cultural actors joined the gatherings in large numbers this Thursday, December 5. And last originality, the government censorship, the day before, completed the topics of conversation.
A little more than 7,000 people gathered in Nantes, a little less than a thousand in Saint-Nazaire, a little more than 200 in Châteaubriant and 150 in Clisson. With a very present education sector. It was also in front of high schools, such as Aristide-Briand in Saint-Nazaire or Guisth'au in Nantes, that the day of action began, with blockade attempts. According to the Academy, there were 31.42% of strikers in schools, 26.9% in middle schools and 20.31% in high schools.
A finale in front of the regional hotel
Nathalie, 49 years old, and Sabrina, 46 years old, reception and information officers at the CCAS in Nantes, went out “to maintain [leurs] rights. That the three waiting days, the index point freezes, the sick days reimbursed at 90% instead of 100% do not pass. » In the procession, Cécile Jaquemard, from Unsa, admits that “It feels strange to challenge things that no longer apply.”
Angry cultural actors animated the processions. Like the theater company La Chaise rouge, from Maine-et-Loire, in Châteaubriant: “What outrages us is this non-debate, this cynicism. » Sketches caricaturing the president of the region Christelle Morançais, choreographies on 49.3, a rap on culture or Song of the slaves of Verdi by the choir of the Nantes opera punctuated the walk, extended to the extreme in Nantes, up to the regional hotel.
