Still need to agree on the modalities of action

Back at the national level. After a month of April under the sign of the radicalization of the conflict of enterprises at the local level, the week that opens will be marked Friday, by the demonstrations of May 1, unit for the first time since 2003. The Inter-Union, which meets this afternoon at the headquarters of FO to the point, seeks to rely on pressure by field to pull in the wake of new actions to the Executive, while the bulging violent of unemployment continues.

Rely on these statistics

As early as Friday, President of Unedic, Geoffroy Bézieux Roux (Medef), said that the outbreak was not down in March and would be "in the same order" as in February. The exact number of new unemployed will be unveiled today and should therefore approach the 80,000. "The unemployment figures will be wrong at least until the end of the year", warned his side the Secretary of State for employment Laurent Wauquiez, in "Sunday Journal".

Trade unions have to rely on these terrible statistics again for packaging of aid paid to companies by the State to counterparties on employment. Last Thursday, Bernard Thibault (CGT) called for a "great may 1" and upwelling of local structures augured a "massive" mobilization with some 280 planned processions, ensure plants. The CGT and workers Force feel same "possible" to do better than the rally of March 19 (1.2 million according to police, 3 million according to the CGT). The CFDT tempers in recalling that the character "to share" day work makes this ambition "irrelevant."

Indeed, beyond the sales race, unions want to take advantage of the appointment from May 1 to reach new audiences. "Those for whom it is hard or impossible to scroll a business day, as many employees of SMEs, will this time here to join processions", said Maryse Dumas (CGT). "There will be a more family audience." "May 1 will help popularize the movement," says Marcel Grignard (CFDT).

The trade unions know however that, even very successful may 1 should not lead to immediate results. The Government remains firm and wants to rely on the current deployment of already announced measures, including the youth employment plan presented last Friday (read page 2), to contain the social tension. Brice Hortefeux, Minister of labour, said that it will be "tuned" may 1 but that it remains "fully determined to continue the implementation of the measures ..." "essential", as a law on the work of Sunday (read below).

Agree on the terms and conditions

In this context, the intersyndicale will consider as soon as this afternoon on the question of the follow-up to the movement. To accentuate the pressure, some are even tempted to announce as early as this evening the date of a future challenge day. Still need to agree on the modalities of action. In an interview with the "Echos", Jean-Claude Mailly (FO) considers that it will be time to call "a 24-hour strike" (also read the interview of the Monday page 15). But the CGT and the CFDT are not favourable and more looking for a new day of national events.