Celebrated on May 1 in the division by unions – Le Point

Although their leaders Friday reaffirmed their commitment to the Festival labor unions celebrate Friday in the division this May 1: CGT led anti-austerity marches with three other unions, the CFDT welcomes its youth side for a “festival” in Paris and FO stands alone

All were keen to recall it. “It is important to continue to mark May 1,” said the former CGT leader Bernard Thibault. For Luke Berille of UNSA, scroll to the occasion “still makes sense” and Laurent Berger CFDT assured that he “held” to “party workers”.

Today is “internationale– a party so that employees have rights”, collective and individual. And “we must defend those rights,” argued since the Elysee Hollande, at the presentation of awards.

However, the differences are there and each union celebrates in its own way May 1st.

In the capital, CGT, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA will march side by side from 3:00 p.m., the Republic Square to Nation.

The banners will mainly hit slogans denouncing the “austerity policies” in Europe. But unions who launched this “unitary” call, shunned by FO and CFDT, also want to reaffirm, in the wake of the post-bombing vast mobilization of January 11, they “are determined to defend” “democracy” and “freedom of thought and expression,” National Front on the rising background.

May 1 “unit and European” will be in an atmosphere of “real social tension”, the opportunity for employees, retirees and job seekers to “be heard” Philippe Martinez wants to believe.

For the first May 1 at the head of the CGT, the union leader also hopes to transform the test mobilization against austerity on 9 April. Its central, united FO particular, had then claimed to have mobilized 300,000 protesters, including 120,000 in Paris. The police had identified it as 32,000 people in the streets of the capital.

The first parades region did not seem to the expectations Reims has seen 300 people, 1,500 Nantes, Saint Nazaire and Le Havre 350 just over 600, police

Unlike last year, when the Workers Force had. joined the CGT for the Feast of workers to denounce the government’s policy, the central Jean-Claude Mailly is once again a separate group.

No way to “do the splits and under the pretext he must bring everyone together, to march with those who are against the austerity nor Macron law, “says Jacques Girod, the Paris federation FO. He honored before the Paris Federated to the wall with dozens of other activists, “Communards, these precursors numerous social claims” in the nineteenth century.

– missed opportunity to ‘overcome the divisions’ –

Without sharing claims with other unions, Jean-Claude Mailly brought hers from Bordeaux, where he held a meeting in the morning.

Meanwhile, the CFDT hears “déringardiser” trade unionism and at the same time on May 1, because it “must stop to consider that there are immutable traditions”, as said its general secretary Laurent Berger. No procession, then, but a festive gathering for those under 36 years old who hopes to welcome 2,000 young “Working time festival” at the INSEP (National Sports Institute), in the Bois de Vincennes.

Its traditional ally, UNSA, parade this year with the CGT, because this “international day of workers’ solidarity” a “still make sense,” according to its general secretary Luc Berille.

This “symbolic” day might have been the occasion that “the French trade unionism face the effort to overcome its divisions (…), especially at a time when the Front National is knocking at the door power “, he regretted.

A view shared by the general secretary of the FSU (civil servants), Bernadette Groison, which calls for overcoming disputes devices

05/01/2015 12:37.: 35 – Paris (AFP) – BRETHES By Sarah Anne Sophie LABADIE – AFP © 2015