The choice of the secretary general, who wishes to push the head of the Education-Recher-Culture Federation to replace him, arouses criticism within the union. To the point that a competing candidacy is announced.
by Bertrand Bissuel
Funny paradox. While she is blocking with other unions to combat pension reform, the CGT offers the face of the disunity, with internal and increasingly lively dissensions for several months. At the origin of Zizania, there is the succession of Philippe Martinez, the secretary general, who must pass the hand, during the next congress of his Confederation, at the end of March, in Clermont-Ferrand. Marie Buisson is supposed to replace him. But this choice, pushed by the outgoing number one and validated by the organization’s executive bodies, is increasingly disputed. It is likely to fuel the debates of the National Confederate Congress (CCN) – The CGT Parliament – which meets Wednesday 1
The difficulties began to appear as soon as Mr. Martinez’s decision did not run for a new mandate was brought to the attention of the public. It was May 31, 2022, following a leak in the Echos. The economic daily had specified that M me buisson would be proposed by the union management to become its heads, the election before intervening at the end of the Clermont-Ferrand Congress.
The fact that the news was revealed by the press caused a lot of annoyance within the organization. The conditions under which the candidacy of M Me bush appeared also displeased many officials and activists: “Philippe Martinez has come out of the hat”, according to the formula of a federation boss, who wishes to keep anonymity. Implied: this is an arbitration arrested by the secretary general and some members of his close guard.
“a misogynistic culture”
The method has irritated all those who, within the CGT, hold a critical discourse – even opposition – against M. Martinez: the railway federation, those of chemistry and energy , several departmental unions-including those of Bouches-du-Rhône and Val-de-Marne, etc. These organizations do not form a perfectly homogeneous whole, in terms of values as well as of strategy, but they find themselves to denounce, among other things, authoritarianism which, according to them, prevailed in the designation of M me bush.
Finally, the profile of Mr. Martinez’s Dauphine is the subject of internal negative questions and comments. His notoriety remains low, including among his comrades. She has only carried out some media outings in recent months and pilot a federation (that of education-research-culture) whose weight in activists and the electoral hearing are relatively low. Above all, M Buisson played a key role in the collective never again, which the CGT founded with environmental defenders (Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, etc.). However, good number of members and managers of the Confederation, in particular in the industry, question this alliance with associations which argue in favor of a nuclear power and a decarbonation of the economy, likely to threaten thousands of jobs.
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