They demonstrate at the Total service station in Chartres to denounce inflation, images

“Last notice before seizure”, this is what is written on the posters that a dozen demonstrators from the FSU 28 union pasted, this Thursday, June 2, 2022, around 6 p.m., on the various outdoor furniture of the station Total from the bypass of Chartres (Eure-et-Loir). They wanted to mark the occasion with this action which they define as “punch”.

“It’s a purely local mobilization,” explains Pierre Licout, co-secretary of the Eurelian union. With several other members, they want to challenge the brand and road users who stop to fill their tank.

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“Inflation gallops”, this union takes action

Because ‘inflation is galloping, all prices are rising’, the demonstrators are certain, ‘these increases are partly the result of international tensions’, to name only the war in ukraine and the post-Covid-19 economic recovery. And denounce that these increases “are also the product of speculation on the world markets, in particular energy and agricultural which enrich the big companies”.

This mobilization Chartres is also an opportunity for the union to draw up a list current demands, just a few days before the first round of the legislative elections: “employees in the private and public sectors, young people, retirees are tightening their belts, for us, despite inflation, salaries, scholarships, pensions are not increasing “.

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In particular, they ask for the unfreezing of the index point for the calculation of the remuneration of civil servants.

An increase in taxation and social security contributions for large companies

“As shown by the results of large French companies such as Total Energies, it is possible to finance these increases by raising taxes to better pay civil servants and by increasing social security contributions paid by employers to increase social benefits”, concludes Pierre Licout.

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The union members then went to meet some motorists to make their case heard.

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