Overview

• The eight confederations CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE‑CGC, CFTC, Unsa, FSU and Solidaires set a joint day of strikes and demonstrations for 18 September to push for a budget built on social and fiscal justice.
• Reading a joint communiqué, CFDT’s Marylise Léon called the draft budget a “museum of horrors” and “brutality without precedent,” citing cuts to public services, removal of two public holidays, labor‑law rollbacks and another unemployment‑insurance overhaul.
• The inter‑union said the plan for 18 September holds even if François Bayrou’s government falls after the 8 September confidence vote.
• Sectoral actions are stacking up, including a CGT Mines‑Énergie strike from 2 September, taxi mobilization from 5 September, an air‑traffic‑control strike on 18 September, and an FO strike pre‑notice spanning 1–30 September.
• A separate grassroots call to “block everything” on 10 September divides unions, with the CGT participating, the CFDT and CFE‑CGC staying out, FO keeping its distance, and leaders warning of possible far‑right infiltration.