"It was not a bad contribution for a May 1, which ranks in the final podium of the mobilizations of the 2000s," Bernard Thibault has certified in Sunday's Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro. Asked about the low number of protesters counted, the secretary general of the CGT has denied that the character "catch-all grounds assembly has hampered the mobilization. "Jobs, it will not, purchasing power, it will not and pensions, it will not," he listed. It is clear, no? "
On pensions, "one of the fundamental pillars of the social contract," Bernard Thibault believes he is above all "urgent to correct the trajectory on which we have conducted previous reforms. For him, it is essential to focus the debate on the issue of pension funding. "There was a deterioration of 20% from pensions," he justified.Measures are needed to redress this situation. "
"Taxing capital"
The solution, he said, by increasing the employment rate. "It will not solve the problems of funding pensions if we continue to focus on employment of 30-50 years has advanced the general secretary of the CGT cash advance. Improving employment would solve half of its needs. And the number one SGC to give a numerical example: the removal of exemptions from the overtime, which he said would create "400,000 jobs". Other tracks progress? "Making use of all capital income: stock options, pensions and other hats," but also "increase wages.
The objective of the CGT is also "reaching a replacement rate of retirement of 75%" from last earnings."Regardless of the method of calculation, over the last 6 months in the public or the best 25 years in private as long as the goal is reached," he justified. Bernard Thibault has also protested against the temptation of government to reverse the right to leave at 60 by imposing a haircut before 62. "We support the continuation of 60 years without discount," he said.
"We have the ambition to weigh into this debate by calling, if necessary, other mobilizations," said Bernard Thibault, before announcing that the CGT would launch this week an information campaign on pensions.