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Little Think Tank estimated that France was sinking into a major social and political crisis, just a few months before the presidential election. According to the account, the CFDT, CGT, FO, Unsa, and FSU had called for a national day of strike and demonstrations on November 5 to defend wages, public services, and employment. The account also indicated that the Yellow Vests were calling for actions to continue throughout the week and had announced a "Act 2" on October 24. It presented the protests, initially carried out by high school students and university students, as the expression of a deep social discontent that had been building for several months, or even several years. Little Think Tank added that the Farmers' Confederation had recently called for the convergence of struggles and that other sectors, including firefighters, were still on strike. #Grève #Manifestation #France (translated)

Impact indicated that the CFDT, CGT, FO, Unsa, and FSU called for a national day of strike and demonstrations on November 5, for wages, public services, and employment. It specified that CGT had reaffirmed, after October 17, its call to continue peaceful mobilization and to prepare for this day, presented as taking place in 18 days. Impact also reported that Benjamin Ball, creator of the "Gilets jaunes" website listing the actions of October 17 and one of the co-organizers of the mobilization, had called for a renewable general blockade starting from November 5. The message cited Le Parisien and AFP. #Grève #Manifestation #Salaires (translated)

We will not emerge from this youth movement without answers. Marylise Léon, general secretary of the CFDT, and Suzanne Nijdam, president of the Fage, are calling to "provide concrete answers" to the high school and university students mobilized, and denounce the violence of the police response. #MouvementJeunesse #RéponsesConcrètes #Éducation (translated)

Chicago Boy wrote that he dined the night before with a right-wing advisor to Lecornu, whom he described as profoundly disillusioned by the exercise of Macronist power. According to this interlocutor's assessment, the failure of Macronism was attributed to the political origins of its leaders, most of whom came from the left, particularly the Socialist Party, the Rocardian movement, or the CFDT, and were influenced by its values. Chicago Boy believed that this legacy led Macronist leaders to only half-heartedly pursue right-wing policies. He cited the replacement of the ISF with an IFI, which he deemed almost as counterproductive, the numerous exceptions to the pension reform that would have limited savings before it was suspended, as well as the promise to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs, whereas their number had actually increased by 200,000. He concluded that one should never vote for the soft center. #Macronisme #PolitiqueFrançaise #GaucheDroite (translated)

"This is a first response that we can welcome," reacted Marylise Léon, the general secretary of the CFDT, on Friday, October 9, on Franceinfo, after the announcement by the Minister of Education about the assignment of 3,000 substitute teachers to institutions in "very problematic situations" by Tuesday. #Éducation #Lycéens #Violences (translated)

Marylise Léon, Secretary General of the CFDT, welcomes the assignment of 3,000 substitute teachers but emphasizes that this is only a first response to concerning situations and calls for sustainable solutions to address the many demands of high school students. #Éducation #Lycéens #Violences (translated)

There is a correlation between sick leaves and working conditions. To constrain companies, an "adaptation of employer contributions" could be implemented, namely "increasing contributions when there is no preventive work or even decreasing them in the opposite case," details Isabelle Mercier, national secretary of the CFDT. #SantéAuTravail #Prévention #ArrêtsMaladie (translated)

Matthieu Pigasse reminded that the president of Medef had expressed great concern about seeing the unions excessively politicize when taking a stand against the RN, before himself taking a position against LFI. Pigasse deemed this attitude inconsistent and pathetic and wrote that Johann Chapoutot had shown where, according to him, the betrayals of employers lead. He mentioned the CGT and the CFDT. #politique #syndicats #patronat (translated)

A coalition of unions including the CFDT, CGT, and FO is calling for a strike on November 5 to defend wages, public services, jobs, and industry, in response to a situation deemed fragile and to the austerity measures proposed by the government. #Grève #Salaires #ServicesPublics (translated)

Press reports indicated that several unions in Education, higher education, and research supported the high school student movement for a broader mobilization on Tuesday, October 6. According to the report, the FSU, UNSA, FO, CFDT, CGT, SUD, and student organizations deemed the demands legitimate, condemned the lack of resources and the police response, and called on personnel and students to participate in the actions, including through strikes. #Mobilisation #Grève #Éducation (translated)

"une inversion totale aujourd'hui de reprocher à la CFDT d'être une menace pour la démocratie sociale alors qu'on a une formation politique qui est d'extrême droite qui n'a qu'une envie, c'est de supprimer les organisations syndicales, donc qui ne fait pas preuve d'ouverture vis-à-vis de la démocratie"Marylise Léon l’a dit et répété : elle refuse de parler avec le parti de Jordan Bardella. #Medef #CFDT #RassemblementNational