Matthieu Bolle-Reddat General Secretary of Cgt cheminots versailles, WFTU Secretariat Member, speaks on the General Strike of Workers of France on January 19

”It is obvious that in the face of the attack suffered by the entire world of work today in relation to this reform, there will necessarily be a correspondent reaction . […]

After all, what is really at stake is telling people “don’t give up!” As Joe Hill had said: “Don’t mourn, organize!”.

Yes, there will be this 19, which will be a very big day of action, mobilization and demonstration, clearly. The idea is that it will set the tone, but after us, already today, in our unions, in our federations, in our general assemblies, it is what follows. […]

Obviously, since 2019-2022, I have been on strike for 53 days in defense of 23 million public and private employees. We also won. I am ready today to go on strike again for 50, 60 days to put down this unjust reform.”