More than a quarter of companies saw their turnover in April affected by the mobilization against the pension reform, according to an Opinion Way poll published on Tuesday. In April, “the protest against the pension reform had an impact on the turnover of more than a quarter of companies (28%)”, and among these, almost half are in the sector of commerce (48%), indicates the institute which carried out the survey for CCI France, the national network of chambers of commerce and industry.
Among the companies surveyed, a quarter believe they have felt an impact on their internal organization and a quarter also report supply difficulties. The study was carried out with 1,019 business leaders, interviewed by telephone between April 7 and 18. In addition, the “strike-related disturbances” against the pension reform also weighed on manufacturing activity in France in April, which recorded its strongest contraction in nearly three years (45.6 points). , according to the PMI index published on Tuesday by the firm S
An index below 50 reflects a contraction in activity. S
After the last day of mobilization on May 1, which brought together nearly 800,000 demonstrators according to the police (2.3 million according to the CGT), the “always united” unions called on Tuesday for a 14th day of action on June 6 to ” to be heard” by the deputies. They will examine two days later a bill to repeal the pension reform just enacted.
