5 million demonstrators according to the sources

The tone rises again. Yesterday, in the final straight before the day of action tomorrow, Laurence Parisot, President of the Medef, found that the movement "is a facility, not a response." "If it is to say how much we are unhappy and worried, we can all do, employers also", she said, before deplore "cost" of a day of strike and "demagoguery and illusions" thus created. By throwing oil on the fire, she takes the risk of drawing the ire of the Government and to fuel the mobilization. Not so much sought by unions. They will keep any triumphalism but are persuaded to do better than January 29 (from 1 to 2.5 million demonstrators, according to the sources).

It is to believe. The social discontent, fueled by the pay combativeness academics or the Caribbean Community, reached a record level. It now exceeds the political divisions. Marked by Total, Sony business and Continental, three French four support mobilization, according to the BVA - "Les echos" barometer - France Info-BPI published yesterday. The CGT believes that the movement "docks and widens in the business and communities" and provides 213 parades against 195 end of January. Even the weather, announced lenient tomorrow seems to be encouraging the parades, which should count numerous employees of the private sector.

"Act, not complain."

To push their advantage, the power plants stress measures symbolic of "social justice" claimed, such as the abolition of the tax shield, despite the Nicolas Sarkozy 'niet"(see page 4). They want to use ils veulent l' emploi les salaires par l' Etat soient conditionnées à des engagements sur emploi et salaires the salaries by the State are conditioned to commitments on emploi and salaires "It is the only way to respond," said the Secretary General of the CFDT François Chérèque (read below). Information of the enterprise committees (EC) provided by the Government will not suffice, say the unions. Aid " To layoffs, "The State must act, not complain," insists. The crisis also set up the debate on corporate governance, and CGT leader wants to give the this "a suspensive right of the job losses allowing employees to bring the contradiction".

A war of attrition

But, on all these points, blocking total rest with the Medef. The CGT denounced his "delaying tactics" and the CFDT denounces the ostrich policy. The Government, on the early entry into force of the measures announced mid-February, it also annoys. Yesterday, Bercy and the Ministry of Labour urged the Afep and the Medef to better regulate the remuneration of managers (see page 3). There are, of course, tactic in the positioning of the Executive, but impatience to Medef. Yesterday, Laurence Parisot has brought back some deletions of post announcements to communication errors: "It's like a teacher who sees that the lesson is not understood." Total is originally a "media disaster" but its workforce reduction is "based", it argued. She also severely criticized the CGT that it considers "responsible for the disappearance of companies" in Marseille, alluding to shipyard UNM, placed in judicial liquidation, and Saint-Louis sugar, set to cease his activity.

An employers are stiff and an executive decision, this time to not to give in to demonstrators, unions prepare for a war of attrition. They will meet Friday, but the suite draws already. They promise a May 1 more "industrial action" by custom and, to avoid the futile repetition of major national days, think about other forms of actions, including sectoral. In enterprises, announced social plans multiplication also leaves augurer many conflicts. On the ground as to the Summit, the struggle between employers and unions has only just begun.