The 150,000 Social Security employees called to strike on Thursday, policyholders invited to join them

Faced with the budget cuts planned in the Social Security budget, the inter-union of Social Security employees is calling on agents to strike on Thursday and social security beneficiaries to join them, they write in an open letter sent on Tuesday. Social security is "weakened by budgetary choices which threaten both your rights (which are also ours) and the means available to the organizations to fulfill their public service missions", write in a letter to social security policyholders the six unions representing the 150,000 agents of the institution (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, CFTC, FO, UNSA).

The inter-union denounces the "freezing of family benefits, the questioning of the indexation of pensions to inflation, the restrictions affecting health" and their "very real consequences on your purchasing power, your access to care and your social protection. Added to this are the growing difficulties of our hospitals". The inter-union also denounces the consequences of "insufficient numbers" of Social Security for policyholders: "longer processing times, difficulties in obtaining an appointment or a response, and sometimes delays" in payment.

The freezing of the index point criticized In another letter addressed to deputies (excluding RN and UDR), the inter-union recalls that the freezing of the index point of civil servants contributes to degrading the purchasing power of agents, "a quarter of whom would (today) be forced to resort to the activity bonus to supplement their salary". The inter-union is calling for a strike on Thursday to "defend the rights of all of us", "the repeal of decrees which weaken the rights of policyholders", and means (recruitment, reliable IT tools, accessible reception). After three consecutive Saturdays of mobilization against "the high cost of living", the unions are calling on public and private sector employees at national level to strike and demonstrate on Thursday, particularly for wages, purchasing power, the protection of public services and even a better distribution of wealth.

Machine-translated from French