Pensions: unions announce 10th day of mobilization on March 28

Inspired by the mobilization especially that followed this Thursday, the unions declared Thursday the tenth day of strikes and demonstrations, March 28, to protest the pension reform.

“While the executive branch seeks to turn the page, this sustainable and responsible social and trade union movement reaffirms the determination of the world of work and youth to push for the reversal of the reform,” they said on Thursday after the ninth day of the mobilization, which they said attracted “more than three million demonstrators.

Even if the Interior Ministry for its part counted less than 1.1 million people on the streets, the unions’ figure is equivalent to that of March 7, the record for participation since the start of mobilization. A figure that shows a clear increase in the number of participants after using 49.3 to reform the parliament and the day after Emmanuel Macron’s televised speech that angered his opponents.

The demonstrations, strikes and protests “are a response to the untruths of the President of the Republic and his incomprehensible stubbornness,” unions said, which are also calling for local union rallies this weekend.

Although the number of incidents in Paris and several major cities increased during the week, “therefore, the responsibility for the explosive situation does not lie with the unions, but with the government,” they added.