00:00Thousands of people rallied on Thursday along the streets of Paris to demand for jobs following
00:05a call from the General Confederation of Labour, the Soldiers and the Fédération Syndicale
00:13Unitaire.
00:14The demonstration takes place in the context of an upsurge in redundancy plans that might
00:21result in around 200,000 employees losing their jobs.
00:28The CGT has been alerting us since May about the numerous redundancy plans underway, but
00:32we were not being listened to.
00:34We warned again last September, including the newly appointed Prime Minister, about
00:37180 redundancy plans, and still, there was no response.
00:41Today, the situation has worsened, as according to the CGT's count last week, there were
00:45286 redundancy plans.
00:48We are now over 300.
00:50This represents roughly 200,000 employees in the country who risk losing their jobs,
00:54both directly and indirectly.
00:59Today, this low-intensity privatization and the breakup of freight are being implemented.
01:05It's our responsibility to warn the public, first and foremost because our working conditions
01:09are at stake, and we care deeply about this.
01:11I won't downplay the importance of it, but I also believe the public needs to understand
01:14that what's happening is significant.
01:16The privatization of the SNCF is no small matter, it's not just an epiphenomenon.
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