The secretary general of the CGT Sophie Binet notably criticized on Saturday on franceinfo the attitude of the President of the Republic, who promulgated the law on pensions “behind the backs of workers”.
“It’s a totally shameful decision”, immediately castigated Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, Saturday April 15 on franceinfo. Emmanuel Macron promulgated the pension reform in the Official Journal overnight from Friday to Saturday, and this act judges the boss of one of the first unions in France, falls under the “contempt” : “The proof, he takes it in the middle of the night, behind the backs of the workers”.
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“This confirms the president’s violent contempt for the population and the trade unions”, says Sophie Binet. She recalled that the intersyndicale, Friday evening, had “solemnly called on Emmanuel Macron to learn the lessons of the censorship of the Constitutional Council and not to promulgate the law”.
For Michel Beaugas, Confederal Secretary FO, in charge of pensions, the President of the Republic has shown “precipitation” : “He had told us that he was going to do it within 48 hours. We wanted him to take the time of the 15 days granted to him by the Constitution to promulgate the law or not elsewhere”. For the trade unionist, the president chose this tempo “by stubbornness”.
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A feeling shared by Laurent Berger. The secretary general of the CFDT explains in a tweet that “IDemocratic wisdom required not to promulgate it and to renew the dialogue. From the beginning, the contempt returned to the workers will have been constant”.
“Emmanuel Macron, for three months, has acted as if the social movement did not exist”, laments François Hommeril, confederal president of the CFE-CGC, Saturday on franceinfo. “We feel a willingness on the part of the executive”a desire to “move on”he believes, “as if this movement, this massive rejection, did not exist, as if this wall into which he rushed at 130 km/h did not exist”.
“Let the executive go quickly, why not, when necessary, but on a subject like this, it is exactly the opposite that had to be done. You had to take your time. There was no no emergency.”
François Hommeril, confederal president of the CFE-CGCat franceinfo
“It is outrageous to enact the law as it stands and not take the outstretched hand of the unions who appealed to the wisdom of the president”, continues on franceinfo Sophie Binet. Emmanuel Macron “slam the door in our face”sorry .
“Promulgating a law is one thing, enforcing it is another”
The secretary general of the CGT ensures that a later promulgation of the law “would have made it possible to have a dialogue with the trade unions before” and of “to see if there are other alternatives than this pension reform”. The inter-union had however made it known, as of Friday evening, that it will not accept the invitation launched by Emmanuel Macron, for an interview scheduled for Tuesday, April 18. Without this promulgation, the intersyndicale “could have considered this meeting request“, insists Sophie Binet.
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For Francois Hommeril “promulgating a law is one thing, enforcing it is another”. He “continue to call on the President of the Republic not to apply this reform”. “It ishe explains, the prerequisite for resuming a constructive, productive dialogue, and tackling the subjects that are on the table”. Without believing it too much, the confederal president of the CFE-CGC remains convinced that “it’s an available option”, “a reason option”.
“Afterwards, there will be the implementing decreesexplains the confederal secretary FO Michel Beaugas, which gives us a little more time.” He explains that “until there are these decrees, the law cannot apply”. For the confederal secretary, this is therefore an opportunity to continue the mobilization: “We will not give up. We call on the entire population of this country to demonstrate.” With in sight, on May 1st, “Something massive to be heard. There is still time to protest against this law. The weapon of the worker is the strike”.
“He promulgated the law and now he would like us to go and discuss something else again and well for the moment, for the trade unions, it’s no. We’re going to have a hard time getting back to a negotiating table. “
Michel Beaugas, confederal secretary FOat franceinfo
While the Constitutional Council validated most of the reform, and in particular the postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, it censured six provisions, including measures on the senior index and the contract permanent contract (CDI) senior. “This censorship further unbalances the text, which was already very violent, and confirms the hypocrisy that we have already denounced from the start”estimated Sophie Binet. “No, you can’t work until you’re 64 because companies don’t want employees over 60 anymore, they lay them off all the time”reaffirmed the general secretary of the CGT.