The CGT labor union sees this as a first step toward relaunching mobilizations against pension reform. On Saturday, March 8, France's main workers' union, headed by Sophie Binet, and five other organizations (CFDT, CFE-CGC, FSU, Solidaires, UNSA) were to take part in the demonstrations marking International Women's Rights Day, as part of an inter-union appeal. The CFTC and Force Ouvrière, however, did not join the group but intended to be present in the processions. This event comes nine days after the launch of negotiations between the workers' unions and employers' organizations, one of the main aims of which is to rewrite the law of April 14, 2023, which raised the pensionable age from 62 to 64.

This text continues to be criticized by all the trade unions, in particular because, in their eyes, it is synonymous with "injustice" at the expense of women: They "are the big losers in the 2023 reform," said Marylise Léon, general secretary of the CFDT, on January 28, in a declaration listing the demands of her union.

This assertion is, in part, corroborated by studies, including one mentioned in the annual report of the Pensions Advisory Council (COR) submitted in 2023. The study in question scrutinizes the impact of the April 2023 law for individuals born in 1966, 1972 and 1984. Whatever the generation considered, women will have to wait longer than men to retire. The gap between the two sexes is even set to increase over time: 1.3 months more for women born in 1966 and 2.7 months more for those born in 1984.

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