Strike (general) of 5 December 2019

[Grelinette]

I think that you are mistaken in seeking the real reasons for this announced strike (and more generally social movements in France and abroad) in rules, organizations of work or technical details of this kind.

A common point of the social movements seems to be the mistrust of the people towards the leaders, simply, and whatever the laws, amendment, recast and projects, the citizens no longer believe in their policies, even if they make honest and full of common sense.

This morning I was listening to France Inter Bruno Le Maire, our Minister of Economy, and his comments, particularly on pensions and trade, although full of common sense seemed to me false and unreliable. The reason is that a politician, whoever he is and somewhere in the world, today has the indestructible image of a manipulator, a deceiver, a plotter, a liar ...
To that we are answered: "no amalgamation, no generalization" ... the good excuse, while not a week goes by without discovering a scheming, a lie, an abuse, a diversion, fraud, hidden privilege, etc., which involves a policy.

In the end, any proposal coming from a policy, even the most coherent is systematically tainted with doubt and suspicion.
To this you add the basic daily difficulties of the citizens (to eat, to lodge, to work, ...) and you have the cocktail so that from the start the citizens oppose all political authority and manifest their disagreements anxieties and their doubts.

It's as simple as that !

[Christophe]

I thought of the other way, where a customer, a supplier or a colleague needs to contact you!

Not all jobs can be "teleworked" but if Northern Europe reaches 30% it is because there is easy progress to be made in France!

The vast majority of office / management / administrative / internet jobs can be!

[Christophe]

[Christophe]

Bin then? There are more people in the street than on this subject! Who went on strike here?

[moinsdewatt]

Bin then? There are more people in the street than on this subject! Who went on strike here?

For my part, of course not.

[Grelinette]

I am here too !!!

To return to the subject, note that the statements made by the unions and other collectives encouraging the strike speak as much of the negative effect of the pension reform of Macron, which is THE central subject and the reason for this strike, their doubt of government manipulation.

So we are in 2 problematic:
1- the worry of a reform that would disadvantage many retirees,
2- false reasons put forward by the government to justify the overhaul of the current pension system. The real reason is that the government wants to save money on everything, including pensions, especially middle pensions.

According to the latest declarations, the Point Retirement system (wanted by the French Government) which has been implemented in some of our neighboring countries would already show its perverse effects in particular for the most disadvantaged, and, according to statements (including economists), it would be wrong to say that the current system is out of breath because the financial balance of the pension system is almost at equilibrium currently ....
Who to believe?
So we are really in an exchange of contradictory statements.

[Christophe]

December 5 strike: What are the terms of teleworking?

[Christophe]