Resignation is out of the question. In Paris, Rennes, Lyon, Montauban or even in Ganges (Hérault), many actions were carried out on Thursday April 20, a little less than a week after the promulgation of the pension reform, still much criticized. Some followed “the day of expression of anger railwayman”launched by the SNCF unions, others welcomed Mr. Macron and the members of the government on the move with pans.
The mobilization serves as a warm-up before an appointment that activists and unions hope will be historic on 1is-May. A distant deadline for the most persevering, who do not wish to lose consistency.
In Paris, from 11 a.m., railway workers met at an interprofessional assembly, Gare de Lyon. At the end of track 23, some offer “one hundred days of insurrection”others “one hundred days of total war” in response to the hundred days that the tenant of the Elysée is giving himself to relaunch his five-year term.
The most important thing is to continue to exist and not to do “disappear mobilization”explains Rémy (he did not want to give his last name), a 32-year-old train driver. “There are still many activists who want to take action”, according to Fabien Villedieu at the head of SUD-Rail from Lyon station. Unlike the President of the Republic, they have not turned the page and do not wish to do so until they are heard.
“The CAC at the fund to pay our pensions”
At 12 p.m., about three hundred people followed Mr. Villedieu to a secret location. They get on the RER A. “Destination Charles-de-Gaulle or La Défense? », asks Maria, 47, an airport agent, who came to support the railway workers. Around 12:27 p.m., the strikers invest while running the head office of Euronext, in the district of La Défense. The entrance hall of the tower of the owner of the Paris Stock Exchange becomes unbreathable, caught in a thick red cloud of smoke. SUD-Rail flags fly proudly. A brief moment, but “enjoyable”describes Maria.
“We simply come to say that if there is a problem financing the pension system, well, we have to come and look for it here”, launches Fabien Villedieu. Others stick letter by letter “The CAC at the fund to pay our pensions” on the windows of the stock exchange. On April 13, they had invaded the lobby of LVMH’s headquarters, near the Champs-Elysées, and on April 6, a building that houses companies in the financial sector, including Black Rock, the world’s largest asset management company. .
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