{"id":9497,"date":"2020-08-05T13:06:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2020-08-05T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:06:13","slug":"france-faces-prolonged-strike-misery-as-unions-reject-pension-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=9497","title":{"rendered":"France faces prolonged strike misery as unions reject pension proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France is heading for more strike misery after unions rejected en masse President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s pension reform plan despite apparent concessions, including delaying its starting date.<\/p>\n<p>In a much-awaited televised address, French prime minister Edouard Philippe confirmed on Wednesday that a new \u201cuniversal\u201d pension system would be implemented and that the current patchwork of 42 different regimes, some with lavish perks, would be phased out.<\/p>\n<p>Current pension calculations based on a private sector worker&#8217;s 25 best earning years, or six months for public servants are to be replaced by a universal points-based scheme. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But with France entering its seventh day of crippling strikes with rail lines around the country blocked, he said the controversial changes would be introduced &quot;without brutality&quot;, and would not affect workers born before 1975.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<noscript><\/noscript><figcaption>\nFrench unions are calling for tougher strike actionCredit:<br \/>\n\u00a0JEFF PACHOUD\/AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sweeteners included a guaranteed minimum pension of 1,000 euros for all who had worked their full quota of years, not the case for many today.<\/p>\n<p>The legal retirement age would remain 62, although an additional two years of work would be required from 2027 for people to leave with a full pension.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;To guarantee our pension, to finance a higher level of solidarity, to benefit from a higher life expectancy without increasing taxes, the only solution is to work a bit longer, and progressively a bit longer, as is the case everywhere in Europe and everywhere in the world,&quot; said Mr Philippe.<\/p>\n<p>He said he said he was convinced the proposals would &quot;justify&quot; the end of industrial action that has caused major transport disruption and seen hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in two mass protests since last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>However, unions flatly rejected the proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Ominously for the government, even the moderate CFDT, France\u2019s biggest union which backs the idea of a new points-based system, said the government had \u201ccrossed a red line\u201d by raising the de facto retirement age to 64.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s taking the mickey,\u201d said Philippe Martinez, head of the leftist CGT union.<\/p>\n<p>His union\u2019s rail arm said the proposals were \u201cnot up to the mark\u201d and should \u201cencourage workers to strengthen the strike\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/rugby-Jerseys' title='cheap nrl jerseys'>cheap nrl jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heading for the wall. This will harden the (strike) movement,\u201d said Bruno Poncet of hardline Sud-Rail.<\/p>\n<p>However, Geoffroy Roux de B\u00e9zieux, head of the employers\u2019 federation, Medef, hailed a \u201cgood balance between a redistributive reform\u201d and one that meant that \u201cwhen possible, we work longer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unions are calling for a fresh day of national protests next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Philippe said: \u201cMy door is open, my hand is outstretched.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France is heading for more strike misery after unions rejected en masse President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s pension reform plan despite apparent concessions, including delaying its starting date. In a much-awaited televised address, French prime minister Edouard Philippe confirmed on Wednesday that a new \u201cuniversal\u201d pension system would be implemented and that the current patchwork of 42 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=9497\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;France faces prolonged strike misery as unions reject pension proposals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}