in Albi, union leaders made France heard in medium-sized towns
The leader of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, at the head of the demonstration in Albi,…
in Albi, union leaders made France heard in medium-sized towns
The leader of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, at the head of the demonstration in Albi, on February 16, 2023. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP
REPORT – The purpose of the unions was clear: to shine the spotlight on this France of small towns, so mobilized against the reform.
Albi
“Albi the red” (Tarn) the city of Jean Jaurès, experienced a demonstration “national» against pension reform with the presence of union leaders.
They wanted to relocate the movement to an average town of 50,000 inhabitants, where the demonstrations have been massive in recent weeks, bringing together 20,000 people (6,000 according to the police) they were even more numerous yesterday with the arrival of demonstrators from neighboring departments, Tarn- et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne and Aveyron for the occasion. We were talking, on the trade union side, of 50,000 demonstrators, or as many as the number of inhabitants of the city and 10,000 according to the prefecture. The goal was clear: to shine the spotlight on this France of small towns so mobilized by the pension reform.
Jaurès was a statesman who was concerned about the concrete situation of the workers and who took them into consideration.
Laurent Berger, general secretary of the CFDT
At the head of the procession, under the banner of the inter-union CGT, CFDT, FO-solidaires CFTC, CFE-CGC, Unsa, the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, next to Simon Duteil, co-delegate general of Solidaires.“I…
