a demonstration scheduled for Saturday in Dijon
The streets of Dijon would strongly prefer to be animated on Saturday January 7. The Solidaires 21 trade union called for a demonstration, which would start at 2 p.m., from Place Darcy.
Two main reasons for this movement: the future pension reform, an issue on which the government wishes to accelerate imminently, as well as the inflation that has hit the daily lives of the French in recent months.
Clear demands
“Fuel is close to €2. Food prices are soaring. Gas and electricity will soon increase by 15% and even more for associations and businesses. Rents are rising everywhere, including among social landlords. Tolls will increase. Everything increases, except income”.
From the outset, the Solidaires 21 press release puts the foot in the dish. The missive lists his arguments as so many alarm bells motivating a rapid demonstration, also in response to several government measures, such as “the counter-reform of unemployment insurance” and the “anti-squat” bill, aimed at , according to the trade union, “to make precarious people even more precarious”.
Solidaires 21 also lists its demands, namely salary increases, a minimum wage increased to €1,700 net, social minima up to the minimum wage, the RSA at 18, a revaluation of student grants and, finally, “ retirement at age 60 with 37.5 annuities, without discount”.