Rome, 21 Oct. (LaPresse) – In France, the trade unions have called for a general strike on 5 November following a meeting with Sébastien Lecornu’s government that was deemed unsatisfactory. The general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, speaking as she left Matignon, called for “the widest possible mobilisation on 5 November”. “The strike must take centre stage,” she said, adding that her union had issued this call in collaboration with the inter-union alliance, reports Le Figaro. Today, Lecornu met with trade union representatives who were seeking political responses to their demands. Binet lamented the lack of concrete announcements. “We came here to obtain concrete and immediate responses to the social unrest. The Prime Minister and the government have not announced any measures, nor have they taken our demands into consideration,” she stated. The trade union leader went on to argue that “social mobilisation cannot be countered with security measures and repression” and called on the government to stop “disregarding, trampling on and humiliating young people and workers”.
France: trade unions set to hold a general strike on 5 November
Rome, 21 Oct. (LaPresse) – In France, the trade unions have called for a general strike on 5 November following a meeting with Sébastien Lecornu’s government that was deemed unsatisfactory. The general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, speaking as she left Matignon, called for “the widest possible mobilisation on 5 November”. “The strike must take centre stage,” she said, adding that her union had issued this call in collaboration with the inter-union alliance, reports Le Figaro. Today, Lecornu met with trade union representatives who were seeking political responses to their demands. Binet lamented the lack of concrete announcements. “We came here to obtain concrete and immediate responses to the social unrest. The Prime Minister and the government have not announced any measures, nor have they taken our demands into consideration,” she stated. The trade union leader went on to argue that “social mobilisation cannot be countered with security measures and repression” and called on the government to stop “disregarding, trampling on and humiliating young people and workers”.