France's leading union, the CFDT, is calling for a 100-euro net increase in the Smic. The CGT is demanding a 10% increase, as well as the indexation of all wages to prices.
CFDT and CGT leaders again called Thursday for a substantial increase in the Smic and, beyond that, wage increases overall.
This day is part of a mobilization against the high cost of living. Disruptions linked to strikes were already being observed Thursday morning, ahead of the marches planned during the day. All unions are demanding concrete responses from the government.
This union pressure has led to a first response from the executive, without the details of that response being specified in the available information.
The trade unions are insisting on immediate measures for purchasing power, as the day of strikes and demonstrations was expected to be widely followed.
The demands concern both the minimum wage and all remuneration, in a context of protest against the high cost of living.
Strikes and demonstrations brought together 600,000 people in the streets on Thursday, according to official figures, for a new day of mobilization in favor of wages and purchasing power, at the call of the unions. The CGT puts the figure at close to 1.6 million participants.