“We are never safe from a good surprise”, hopes the leader of the CFTC

“We are never safe from a good surprise”hopes Wednesday April 5 on franceinfo Cyril Chabanier, confederal president of the French Confederation of Christian workers (CFTC) while the inter-union is received from 10 am in Matignon.

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Cyril Chabanier expects Elisabeth Borne to “withdraw this pension reform and reconvene the trade unions to negotiate a new text, without raising the retirement age to 64”. Even if he wants to remain optimistic, the boss of the CFTC nevertheless says he has trouble understanding the timing of this meeting: “It’s either too late”after the vote on the reform, “be too soon”before the decision on April 14 of the Constitutional Council on the conformity of the text.

“We can also make larger contributions for higher incomes. Today, someone who earns 3,500 euros a month and someone who earns 10,000 have the same contribution rate, at 6.9%”

Cyril Chabanier, Confederal President of the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC)

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As for the Prime Minister’s desire to talk more broadly about work: “we go there to talk about pensions”reaffirms Cyril Chabanier, “not to talk about other subjects, this is not the time”. “We can reform differently”insists Cyril Chabanier, “by acting on income more than on expenditure: nothing but equal pay for women and men means several billion euros in the coffers. Improving the employment of seniors by 10 to 15% is 10 Billions of Euro’s.”