Paris (France) (AFP) – The general secretary of the CFDT Marylise Léon denied on Tuesday any “division” of the union front in the mobilization against the high cost of living, in the face of scattered calls for a new day of strike on November 17.

Published on: 10/11/2026 - 10:46

“This is not a division of the union front. We are united (...) to achieve a certain number of objectives,” said the head of the first French union on France 2.

An inter-union in the public service called on Monday for a strike on Tuesday, November 17 to demand in particular immediate salary increases, a mobilization that the CGT called to join.

“We have different visions of what union action should be. The CFDT focuses on negotiation,” added Ms. Léon.

“We are received today by the Minister of Public Accounts” David Amiel, added Ms. Léon, who recalled that the public service unions will be received by the Prime Minister on Friday. “Once the announcements are on the table, it will be time to decide whether to continue the mobilization or to give negotiation a chance,” she explained.

For her part, the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet estimated that “the only thing that makes these negotiations work is the balance of power, mobilization and pressure”.

“This is why we are calling for a new day of strike and demonstration, on November 17, to extract salary increases everywhere,” she added on franceinfo, deeming it “not new” that the unions have “different approaches”.

“But what unites us is that all the union organizations find that the account is not there, and that the increase is not sufficient,” she added, the day after the announced increase of 1.6% in the minimum wage.

On the FO side, Frédéric Souillot assured on TF1 “for the moment, trust collective negotiation”.

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