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France braces for September 10 shutdown
A new online movement is urging France to down tools next month in protest at austerity plans. The call is spreading fast – yet the organisers remain hazy and the demands looser still. The rallying cry – ‘On September 10 we’re not paying, we’re not consuming and we’re not working’ – began circulating in July, days after Prime Minister François Bayrou trailed fresh budget cuts. Source
The French trade unions, drawn by the pressures of their base and the political stakes, adopt a cautious posture in the face of the call to mobilization of September 10 "Blocking everything" on the 10th.
A national call for the strike was launched by many trade unions from various sectors of activity, for the 10th of September. In question: the savings measures announced by Matignon in July...
If the CGT does not exclude participation in this citizen mobilization, the number one of the Montreuil power station calls for the protest against the government "for the duration".
The trade union confederations, driven by their bases and certain federations, remain suspicious of a spontaneous citizen movement, and supported by La France insoumise, which calls for blocking
Before we even started, the "let's block everything" movement that will begin on September 10th is almost more sustained than Bayrou and Macron. Article The movement of September 10th almost 4 times more popular than Bayrou appeared first on Against Attack.
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