US EditionFrench Unions Call Nationwide Strikes on September 18th
France's main unions plan strikes and protests on September 18 against a €44 billion austerity budget that includes cutting public holidays and freezing spending increases.
- A coalition of France's eight principal union federations has announced a nationwide strike and demonstrations planned for September 18th.
- This mobilisation follows a deepening political crisis after Prime Minister François Bayrou's September 8th confidence vote on proposed austerity measures.
- Union leaders demand wage increases, repeal of pension reform, tax justice, and more funding for public services overwhelmed by recent budget cuts.
- CFDT general secretary Marylise Leon expressed strong opposition to Bayrou's draft budget, calling for it to be completely withdrawn amid union dissatisfaction with the proposed €44 billion savings plan.
- The strikes and protests on September 18th may intensify political deadlock and challenge the government's efforts to reduce France's public deficit under EU rules.
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Unions Call Strikes Against French ‘Horror Show’ Budget
French trade unions on Friday called for nationwide strikes on September 18th, as a political crisis deepens ahead of a confidence vote that could topple the prime minister. The announcement comes after Prime Minister François Bayrou’s unexpected decision to hold the vote on September 8th, following months of deadlock over plans to reduce France’s growing public debt. The inter-union group urged a “major day of strikes and protests,” expressing …
The eight main trade union confederations, gathered this Friday, August 29, call for a day of national mobilization on September 18, "including by strike and demonstration", against the Bayrou government's draft budget.
In France, the unions, divided on the idea of joining the call to "block everything" on September 10, finally agreed to call on the employees to mobilize on September 18th. A date fixed ten days after a vote of confidence in the National Assembly that could see François Bayrou's government tipped off. The unions still demand "another budget".
Meeting on Friday morning, the interunion is planning a day of interprofessional mobilization on 18 September, a week after the social movement "Blocking all" on 10 September. At the same time, several sectors have planned to mobilize in the course of the month.
Gathered in Paris this Friday, August 29, a complete inter-union, as during the pension reform, proposed to the employees to mobilize against the "museum of horrors" defended by François Bayrou.
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