“At 64, I don’t know what my end of the month will look like…”: why the demonstrators against the pension reform in Toulouse do not want to work longer
In Toulouse, this Thursday, protesters against pension reform explained why they did not see themselves working longer than expected.
“It’s a source of stress”, “I’ll be too tired”… So many ways that Toulouse residents use to define their professions, thus justifying their opposition to the pension reform. The latter being synonymous with several months (or even years) of additional work which would not allow them to spend their old age in full health.
In the middle of the procession made up of 50,000 people, Martine, an employee of La Poste storm: “We suffer from the lack of staff, we take on the workload of absentees… It adds a lot of stress to us. And yet, I have to work four more years. Around me, I see people so tired that they don’t take advantage of their pensions, I don’t want that to be my case! »
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“I already have health problems”
Even if she still does not know to what extent this reform will impact her, Nathalie Charolais, ATSEM, fears that she will not be able to last a few years of pus. And despite that, I’m going to have to work a few more months. I already have health problems, big back problems, I don’t know how I will deal with them, ”she gets carried away.
For Dominique Ortelli, associate professor in an engineering school and member of the CGT-FSU, postponing his retirement for a year as the reform would impose on him, is “inconceivable”. “Having to work until I’m 66, while retaining the punch of teaching, the patience to communicate with a difficult audience such as students, seems complicated to me! thunders the manifesto.
The worry of seeing his abilities diminish and his health erode by working longer is not the only argument. Catherine, 59, author, has been pulling the devil by the tail for several years. “I had to sell my house to free up some capital,” she says. When she retires, she will have to continue to write, hoping that her pension will cover her expenses. chain the flea markets to “live better”.