The three union confederations mobilised against proposed pension, unemployment, health-care and public-service changes. Demonstrators connected the defence of social security and purchasing power to who would bear the cost of fiscal adjustment: workers, pensioners and people relying on benefits, while unions demanded a fairer contribution from wealthier groups. Police estimates and union estimates differed substantially (about 60,000 versus over 100,000); both are estimates.
Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark
Related Events
Which groups did unions say would carry much of the cost of the February 2025 reforms?
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
The union campaign defended social security and argued that ordinary workers and people on benefits should not carry the adjustment alone.
The February 2025 union mobilisation opposed proposed changes to pensions and social protections.
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
The union call concerned public services, pensions, unemployment and social protection.