While the government must present a new pension reform, on Tuesday, workers who perform arduous jobs explained to France 24 why they were opposed to it.
Mason, worker at Amazon or nurse, they are aged from 22 to 60 and perform difficult, even "using" jobs. While the government is planning a gradual shift in the retirement age to 64, they explain why they are against this reform, which should be presented by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Tuesday January 10.
Dominique, 59 years old, supervisor in mass distribution in Haute-Vienne
I have been in retail for thirty years. I have already had surgery on both shoulders, to treat tendonitis due to repetitive movements and heavy loads that I carry throughout the day. Every day, I carry about 600 kilos of goods in total. I also have to have surgery on both hands, to receive prosthetic thumbs: by dint of tearing and tearing boxes for the shelves, I no longer have any articulation. So, if I am told that my retirement is postponed, by a few months or a year, I will not be able to accept it. The older we get, the more we see that the pace of work is hard to maintain. It is much more difficult than twenty years ago to carry loads, even my knees are starting to give out.
Many young people are looking for work, and I think they should be trained to free people up and allow them to retire at 62. I have never gone on strike or protested in my life. But if they ask me, I will do it, because here we are reaching a limit that is difficult to accept. By dint of asking too much of people, the rope risks breaking, whether physically or psychically.
ean, 29 years old, bricklayer in Valence
Reaching 60 in good health, when you are a mason, is already complicated, even with adapted workstations. All day, we swallow oil, grease, cement, dust, everything that can exist in the building. We use the hammer all the time, the body picks up. Many of my colleagues end up with generalized cancers at 60. And even if you escape it, from the age of 50, you have loose knees, or your back, carpal tunnel, ligaments...
Some of my colleagues are broken, they walk like a duck. You have to help them all the time, they can't work normally anymore, they're screwed. So if it is necessary to continue until 64 years old… When I see them like that, I know that I will not stay in Masonry. I will try to convert myself, and renovate apartments to rent them. This is the only way not to work until death. I have only been a mason for four years and I already see that this will not be tenable. My back is already telling me that it does not agree, even though I am not yet 30 years old.
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