At the Béthune roundabout, the yellow vests promote their union
This Sunday, December 12, about fifty yellow vests gathered at the Saint-Pry roundabout, in Béthune, to challenge motorists on the existence of their union. The representatives of Nord and Pas-de-Calais have just been appointed.
Sunday, December 12, fifty yellow vests gathered for the ninth weekend in a row, at the Saint-Pry roundabout, in Béthune, in Pas-de-Calais. With a somewhat particular topicality.
If the protests against the health pass and the vaccination for children under 11 see the government were de rigueur, this new gathering was marked by another event: the holding of the first general assembly of the union of yellow vests.
The meeting took place the day before, in the town of Méricourt, near Lens. The opportunity for this union, created two years ago in the tradition of the social movement of yellow vests, to appoint its departmental representatives.
In Pas-de-Calais, the mandate is carried by Christophe Morel, job seeker and former employee of the associative environment. And in the North, the task will be carried out by Abdel Outihlat, Amazon employee at Lauwin-Planque.
This Sunday, the towing operation at the Béthune roundabout was aimed at informing motorists about the existence of this union. “We have long been criticized for our lack of structure within the yellow vests movement, which was true, assumes Christophe Morel. But today, we have a legal structure with this union. “
The latter ensures that this union is “entirely financed by membership fees, and does not receive any aid from companies or the State”. He adds that the organization “does not support any candidate” in the 2022 presidential election.
If the union is not yet set up in companies, its representatives “Visit the union elections of 2023”.