FRENCH UNIONS RECEIVE A KITTY THAT REACHED € 2M FROM THE CIVIL SOCIETY

DUE TO THE LONGEST STRIKE EVER IN FRANCE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 01/08/2020, 00:24 Time

USPA NEWS - The French Union had already given Tuesday, December 24, a check for 250,000 euros to the RATP (Parisian Metro) strikers.
A kitty in support of striking workers, launched by the Info'Com-CGT union, exceeded two million euros in donations on Monday, as the protest against pension reform entered its 33rd day. A symbolic check for 50,000 euros was already given last Thursday to striking railway workers at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, reports France 3 Régions. The union has also already paid a check for 250,000 euros to the RATP strikers in late December.

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16 PROFESSIONS WILL MARCH & JOIN THE STRIKE ON JANUARY 11 AGAINST PENSION REFORM

SAYING PROPOSALS OF GOVERNMENT UNCHANGED

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 01/08/2020, 00:17 Time

USPA NEWS - Noting that at this stage the government has not proposed any modification to its project to preserve these autonomous, united and balanced regimes, the 16 professions that make up the collective decided to join the demonstration of January 11.
The SOS Retraites Collective will march to defend the autonomous retirement plans in the health, legal, numerical and air transport sectors.
ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE SOS PENSIONS The Collectif SOS Retraites brings together 16 professions that have funded autonomous plans for decades without ever having cost taxpayers anything. These professions cannot endorse Jean-Paul Delevoye's proposals which would lead to the abolition of these schemes and increase the cost of maintaining pensions at their current level, or even double the pension contributions paid by some of these professions, without however guaranteeing the maintenance of current pensions. They also formally oppose the diversion of the reserves from their regimes, intended for generational solidarity.

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