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CGT Calls for Major Public-Sector Strike on Sept. 29 Over 2027 Budget

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • CGT Secretary-General Sophie Binet called for a major public-sector strike on Sept. 29 over wages, public services and the government’s planned 2027 budget.
  • The union expects the budget to be regressive and urged workers to demonstrate the impact of a day without public services.
  • All eight representative public-sector unions had already called for mobilization after the government ruled out a general pay increase in 2026.

CGT leader Sophie Binet wants public-sector workers to stop work for 24 hours on Sept. 29, saying the action should show what France would look like without public services.

Binet made the call as unions prepare a public-sector mobilization against the government’s planned 2027 budget. She said the CGT would do everything possible to block what it expects to be a “regressive budget” and tied the strike to demands over wages and public services.

I call on all public employees listening to us to go on strike so that all those who spend their time stigmatizing civil servants and saying that civil servants cost too much can see what a black day without public services looks like.

— Sophie BinetThe CGT secretary-general urged public-sector workers to join the Sept. 29 strike.

The dispute follows a July meeting at which the Finance Ministry ruled out a general pay increase for public-sector employees in 2026 because of the cost. The ministry presented some targeted proposals on pay and career progression, but the eight representative unions left the meeting after two hours and called for action on Sept. 29.

Speaking on France 2, Binet urged public employees to strike so that people who stigmatize civil servants and say they cost too much would see “a black day without public services.” The government is preparing the 2027 budget amid economic difficulties.

We believe that everything must be done to prevent a regressive budget.

— Sophie BinetBinet stated the union’s opposition to the government’s expected 2027 budget.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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