more than 2,000 people in Toulouse this Thursday
Several unions respondent to a national day of strike and mobilization this Thursday, to demand higher wages and the abandonment of pension reform. In Toulouse, the procession left at 2 p.m. from Place Arnaud-Bernard. Around 2,000 people, according to our first counts, found themselves there.
Without the CFDT or Force Ouvrière
Nearly 200 demonstrations took place across France. About 4,500 people met in Marseille, 2,000 in Perpignan, a thousand in Bayonne, 1,200 in Pau.
According to the rectorate, the strike rate among teachers at the Toulouse Academy this Thursday is 13%.
The day was organized by the trade unions CGT, FSU and Solidaires and youth organizations, to demand wage increases and give a warning shot on pensions, at a time when the government announces that it will soon open a new round of consultations with a view to adopting a bill”before winter“, allowing entry into force in the summer of 2023. The reform provides for the “gradual ratio of starting age of four months per year, culminating in 65 in 2031“according to Elisabeth Borne.
The CFDT and Force Ouvrière do not participate in this day. All the national trade union organizations (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFTC, CFE-CGC, FSU, Solidaires and Unsa) are to meet at Unsa headquarters on October 3. The left-wing parties authorized for their part to organize a big march on October 16 against the high cost of living and climate inaction.