Unions continue to mobilise over pensions

Unions are managing to maintain a high level of support for a series of demonstrations and days of action against the government’s planned pension changes. Mobilisations on the 7 and 23 September were followed by action on 2 October involving both private and public sector trade unions. The debate on the pension changes was due to start in the senate on 5 October and unions are planning a series of actions over the coming days to keep up the pressure with strike action planned for 12 October. [Read more at > joint union communiqué (FR)->http://www.cgt.fr/spip.php?article37788] [And at > FO

Trade union action against the government’s pensions proposals has continued across several sectors, particularly transport. The latest main national mobilisation against pension reform took place on 9 January. While not all trade union organisations are involved in the strike action and demonstrations, all are opposed in some way to the plans to merge pension arrangements across sectors and increase the retirement age and/or increase the number of years of contributions needed for a full pension. There are particular concerns about arduous work in some sectors, like sewage treatment, where