Strike for wages, jobs and public services... Will the November 5 mobilization be followed?

This text corresponds to part of the transcription of the report above. Click on the video to watch it in full. In Créteil (Val-de-Marne), trash cans are installed to block a law school, Wednesday November 4.

The students are still determined and will join the demonstrations on November 5, determined to make their voices heard in the processions. “We are not being listened to. The more we mobilize, the more we have the impression that we are receiving contempt from the government,” denounces Lilian Lamboley, spokesperson for the University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) student union.

“To support the workers, who are also in trouble like everyone else, it is truly a national movement and for me it is extremely important to be part of this movement,” argues Liliana Maréchal, spokesperson for the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) student union. After three Saturdays of mobilization, the main union organizations are calling on public and private sector employees to strike for their salaries, jobs and public services. This mobilization is rather well accepted by passers-by. “This is not the time to give up, we absolutely must support them and believe in them because we need them too,” says one woman.

“There is a kind of dull worry. You have the impression of walking with a question mark above your head,” adds another. Traders are preparing in Paris The Ministry of Education estimates the rate of strikers tomorrow in the first degree, around 17.5%.

On the transport side, disruptions are expected on the TER and Intercités. TGVs should be less impacted. Users in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) anticipated this day of strike.

“I’m going to do my classes remotely, but I’m not taking the risk,” says one woman. “We will find a solution, carpooling for sure,” adds a young person. In Paris, some traders did not wait for the decision on the final route of the procession to barricade themselves.

They remain vigilant, like Patrick Morault, a kiosk located on Place de la Bastille: “My principle is to never leave, never close.” “We mainly have a metal curtain and a system that will block it if we still manage to lift the metal panel. Now, we don't necessarily plan any more measures than that,” explains another trader.

According to information, 500,000 to 700,000 demonstrators outside the Paris region are expected on Thursday November 5.

Machine-translated from French