I'm Dylan Cappelletti,
general secretary of the CGT in Bayonne.
We're here with my comrades today since 10am
honoring a plea of our conferderation,
the confederation CGT.
The plea "Dead Harbors" is for all port workers, all ports in France.
It's a inter-union plea.
We do this action today to protest, as you might know,
the pension reform.
We will fight this reform until it is off the table.
It's a catastrophic reform.
It targets not only us dockers and port workers,
but everyone.
It's not about the public service workers or the SNCF
or the RATP (Paris regional trains). This reform concerns everybody.
People have to be aware of this!
In our profession our life expectancy is eight years less,
because we deal with dangerous substances and because it's hard work.
With this reform, no physical hardship would be recognized.
I'm talking about my profession, but attention, it's about everybody!
It's about everyone! The rail workers,
the colleagues working in hospitals, day and night.
The construction workers, the hard work, in the day and at night.
We have this also.
This reform is going to make us work longer hours.
Under the same, harsh conditions.
The government doesn't give a shit.
We're here at a nationwide action, there is a nationwide plea,
to close down the ports for 24 hours.
Today, Friday and Saturday.
This is just the beginning.
It will be intensified if necessary.
We also think of the long strike of the railway workers,
who are on indefinite strike since December 5,
that is 36 days.
Wir are here also to support them.
Over there there is another action taking place
to block the busses from coming out.
And we're here around the corner,
to take part in the "Dead Harbors" action.
It's goung well here.
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