Complete turnaround. The city of Poitiers (89,212 inhabitants) announced at the beginning of May that it would not close its Edith Augustin autonomy residence at the end of 2023, as it had announced on February 2. A victory for the 60 elderly people who live there. For two months, they mobilized against the closure with the support of unions, agents, and neighborhood neighbors, community activists, health professionals, and even artists. “It was a sudden announcement, without consultation and without consultation of the joint bodies”, protests Vincent Bohan, secretary general of the territorial CGT of the community.
Financial problems weighed down by the health and energy crises
The elected union members exerted pressure by refusing to sit in the bodies …
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