• A mini-rally was organized by the CGT this Friday, at midday, in front of the Carlton, installed on the Croisette, in the area yet prohibited to all demonstrations by the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes.
  • The union found the parade by settling on the forecourt of the establishment, a private plot, "to make its voice heard".
  • The demonstrators came "to reaffirm that the repeal of the pension reform is still demanded" but also "to denounce the deterioration of working conditions in the hotel and restaurant industry and the hardship that will be further accentuated with this reform".

A cloud of umbrellas sheltering almost as many protesters as journalists in front of the Carlton. A banner to say "no" to the "pension reform". But, no slogan, no music. "You see, we're not noisy. There is a press conference by Harrison Ford and we do not want to disturb him. He is a guest at the hotel. We are not here to disrupt the Cannes Film Festival. We're just here to make our voices heard. »

Ange Romiti, CGT representative of the mythical five-star of the Croisette was at the head of a mini-rally organized this Friday, at midday, in the area yet prohibited to all demonstrations by the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes. The union found the parade by settling on the forecourt of the establishment, a private plot, and therefore necessarily excluded from the perimeter defined by the services of the State. "We understand that there are security issues but democracy must be preserved, justifies the trade unionist. The Cannes Film Festival is also about freedom of expression with many films that deal with the social issue. »

An event wedged between two advertising structures

Before a next demonstration planned for Sunday, on Boulevard Carnot, outside the forbidden perimeter, the appointment was therefore given on a small paved square of the Carlton. With the blessing of the hotel managers. "We did not organize a walkout so as not to penalize the hotel's activity. So we were allowed to do it," said Ange Romiti. The spot in question, a space of a few tens of square meters, is wedged between two advertising structures for productions one further from societal considerations, one to the glory of the next installment of the adventures of Indiana Jones and the other to promote the latest blockbusters of Paramount.

The CGT demonstrates this Monday in front of the Carlton, in the middle of the #FestivaldeCannes, to "demand the repeal of the #ReformesDesRetraites" and "denounce the working conditions in the hotel and restaurant industry" #Cannes2023
Céline Petit, deputy secretary general of the Union @CGT 06 pic.twitter.com/Pj6rSl2HTL

— Fabien Binacchi (@fabienbinacchi) May 19, 2023

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And, with a wet finger (by the rain that fell on Cannes this Friday), about twenty employees of the "hotel and restaurant sector and cafes" had gathered there. According to Céline Petit, the deputy secretary general of the CGT Union of the Alpes-Maritimes, also on the spot, they came "to reaffirm that the repeal of the pension reform is still demanded, but not only".

Working conditions in the hotel and catering industry

This gathering "is also an opportunity to denounce the deterioration of working conditions that these employees have suffered for many years and the hardship that will be further accentuated with this reform," she explained. "There is also the issue of wages that do not move despite inflation. Some are still paid at levels below the minimum wage," she said.

All about the Cannes Film Festival

"Yet it is a whole sector that makes the festival work, still pestered at his side Ange Romiti. Because of the salaries, the hours, because these are difficult jobs, it is difficult to find staff. There is a shortage, including in large hotels. But that's understandable. The current framework is not sufficient to encourage people to apply. Another aspect of the demands displayed on site, much more local this one, the CGT also denounces "the working conditions of a hundred employees of the Carlton, out of a total of 600, deprived of natural light in the basement" of the hotel which reopened after nearly three years of work. The matter has been referred to the labour inspectorate.

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