Retreats: “For us, the Cévennes week will be a protest”

“Here, in Alès, there is indeed a festive Cévennes week but, for us, it will be demanding, affirms Alain Martin, of the local CGT union. The party will be on October 15 and 16 with the commemoration of Ladrecht’s victory and the arrival of Henri Krasucki’s daughter for the occasion . ” Festive, then, but for the time being there are many reasons for anger: blocking of pensions, increase in the CSG, rise in energy prices, lower retirement age … If the Communist Party candidate for the presidential election, Fabien Roussel, denounces policies that mistreat retirees and campaigns for a law on old age with the creation of jobs in the home help sector, Nicole C. , CGT flag in hand, attests to a retirement life without “peace of mind” which should be attached to it. “I worked until I was 66 because I did not have all my annuities, in order to have a retirement that seemed decent to me in order to travel and help my children. And, finally, it’s one or the other, regrets the former teacher in vocational high school. I help my children and, ultimately, it is the most worrying because I should not since they should be able to live decently on their salary… It is therefore not by a happy retirement accompanied by this idea of ​​happiness or fullness because we are worried about the generations to come. “ While the speeches are linked and the procession begins on the boulevard Louis-Blanc, Nicole entrusts the amount of her retirement: 2,500 € “ I estimate at nearly 10% the loss of my purchasing power since 2016. But how do they manage those who have only 700 € to live? In a country like ours, it is shameful. But I always hope that this anger can express itself. And hope can only pass through activism in order to offer a different discourse than what the radio or TV gives… “