After Guadeloupe, start of the general strike in Martinique – LCI

The protest is spreading in the French Antilles. In the wake of the neighboring archipelago of Guadeloupe, a call for a general strike is due to begin this Monday on the island of Martinique. At the initiative of the unions, several corporations joined the movement, such as the Société anonyme des raffineries des Antilles and the agents of the Ducos penitentiary center.

Monday morning, an intersyndicale meeting will have to decide on the actions to be taken. The blocking of roads, as is the case in Guadeloupe, was mentioned. At the same time, a meeting must be organized by the executive to try to curb this new front of anger a week after the start of a social crisis punctuated by violence and looting in Guadeloupe. Part of the opposition to the vaccination obligation, the demands of the demonstrators extended to the fight against inequalities, the price of fuel and the revaluation of wages and social minima.

These are the same areas of concern that were detailed by 17 Martinican unions in a ten-point strike notice filed on November 15. In addition to the restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living, others are asking for this list, including full coverage of tests for chlordeconemia, the disease linked to chlordecone, this pesticide widely used in fields of banana between 1972 and 1993, and suspected to be responsible for many diseases such as prostate cancer.

In anticipation of the days of strikes that are looming, part of Martinicans have rushed over the last three days in hypermarkets and gas stations as noted by the local daily. France West Indies. Despite everything, the phenomenon dried up over the weekend. Sunday evening, the lines of motorists at the gas pumps were shorter.

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