The CGT called on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations on February 5, to force the government to respond to the”social emergency” through wage increases and a reform of taxation, in particular. “These are not the mesurettes recent announced by the government in response to the movement of the ‘yellow Vests’ that respond to the social emergencies”, one can read in a press release from the union, directed by Philippe Martinez. “Beyond the mobilizations of citizen-do-s for many weeks, it is essential to build a relationship of forces, in particular by the strike, to impose on the management of the redistribution of wealth,” says one.
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In its list of demands, the CGT puts “an increase in the minimum wage (Smic), the index point, of all wages and pensions as well as minimum wage”. She also asks for the payment of taxes in France of large corporations, a tax highest of the highest income and the detention of capital. Claims similar to those of the “yellow Vests” which manifest in the last two months in France, where the government has launched a “great debate” which should last until spring.
