The minimum old age, these words which do not weigh very heavily in the portfolio of the most precarious retirees, symbolize a very meager pittance according to a very large inter-union which decided to mobilize its troops on March 31 in Cahors to denounce in particular “the blocking of pensions. This is of course not the only angle of attack.
The inter-union (GGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, CFTC, CFE-CGC, Ensemble et solidaires, FGR-FP and LSR) defends pensioners in precarious situations by deploring “a blocking of pensions accompanied by an” increase in the taxation and an explosion in prices, causing retirees to undergo an erosion of their purchasing power, leading them more and more towards precariousness. Faced with this situation, increasing pensions for a decent living is urgent. “
The word is released with gravity: There is indeed an emergency. The unions are unanimous and by triggering the alert together, they want to make the En Marche government aware that the expectation of a better life for retirees is in sharp decline.
“The management of the loss of autonomy is inseparable from a comprehensive approach to health. It must be recognized in the sickness branch of Social Security with funding from social contributions ”consider Francis Escrouzaille (CFE-CGC), Maurice Lepoint (FO), Nadine Souleillou (FSU), Yves Mespoulhe (FGR-FP) in turn. ) and Philippe Miquel (GGT).
The opposition between the generations
The precariousness and the recurring or aggravated difficulties of the elderly cannot be dissociated from the health situation which has only widened the gap of social inequalities between the active and inactive to which many people wrongly place the weight of the responsibilities of a economic and social crisis that the virus has only amplified.
The unions are protesting against “the incitement to pit the generations against each other to hide the responsibility of those who have for years asphyxiated the hospital and cut into the resources of Social Security” hammer the Lotois union officials.
The deputy will receive a delegation before the mobilization
Finally, the defense of public services “to meet the needs of all with the maintenance of counters and reception, particularly in the field of health, social action, housing, transport” is at the center of the demands of retirees.
The inter-union calls for a mobilization on Wednesday March 31 in Cahors, on the market and in front of the Lot prefecture.
Beforehand, on March 29, a delegation will have been received by the LR deputy of Lot Aurélien Pradié who assured the abused retirees of his support and his actions. “We hope the same thing from Huguette Tiegna” launch the unions in conclusion, awaiting a response from MP En Marche. They hope for a real step forward against precariousness.
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