A “big union demonstration” took place on Sunday morning in Luxembourg City. The OGBL chose Labor Day to protest against the “manipulation of the index”.
L’OGBL returned to the charge this Sunday. After having refused to sign the tripartite agreement at the end of March then castigated the measures put in place by the governmentthe union launched a call to demonstrate this Sunday, May 1.
The “grande manifestation pour l’index“ left from Luxembourg station around 10 a.m. for rally Neumünster Abbey in the Grund in the late morning.
The president of the OGBL gave her traditional May Day speech in the Grund. A speech that took place in front of nearly 2,500 demonstrators according to the police.
“We are sending a strong signal to the government and employers” declared Nora Back in front of a crowd armed with whistles. She affirmed that the OGBL was the only union “to defend the interests of all workers and pensioners“.
The president hammered home that her union had no intention of “let it go“. “We are going to show them that the OGBL is not isolated. Because we are trade unionists. Because it is our duty to say no to social dismantling”, she blurted out.
let’s remember that the OGBL formally objected to what it describes as “manipulation of the index“Following the announcement of the postponement of the tranche scheduled for August.
The union has also published a list of union demands during the tripartite, indicating those that had been satisfied and those that had not.