Retirees are called to demonstrate in Paris this Thursday, December 2. Nine unions and associations of retirees, the CGT, CFTC, CFE-CGC, FSU, Retired Solidarity, RFP, LSR, Ensemble et solidaires and the Confederal Union of Retired Force Ouvrière (UCR FO) gave them an appointment. on Place Denfert Rochereau at 1:30 p.m. to scroll to the Esplanade des Invalides.
Among their demands in particular, an increase in pensions and pensions for “compensate for the purchasing power lost over the years”, indicates Force Ouvrière. “In one year, prices have increased by 1.9% while basic pensions have only increased by 0.4% and complementary by 1%”, denounces the CGT. “Since 2014, retirees have lost between 10 and 12% of purchasing power, or one month’s pension per year.” The union believes that the increase in pensions and pensions should be “proportional to the evolution of the average salary” and that’“no pension should be less than the minimum wage”, or 1,258 euros net for someone who works 35 hours a week.
Among the other demands of this event, the “defense and improvement of our social security in terms of health and retirement”, “the development of local public services” and the “defense of individual and collective freedoms”.