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MAINTENANCE. For the philosopher, trade unions are overwhelmed by a radicalism born on social networks and thriving thanks to political demagoguery.
Interview by Clement Petreault
© Philippe Matsas / Philippe Matsas / photo: © Ph. MATSAS / Editions STOCK
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HASfter the “gaseous” political party, is it time for furtive unionism? The strike movement that is hitting the SNCF is not the result of a call for a strike by the big traditional trade union federations – who know what they have to lose in a period like this –, but of a collective baptized ASCT (Agents of the commercial train service). This structure brings together more than 3,500 controllers from all over France via a simple Facebook group.
If ASCT does not present itself as a direct competitor of traditional trade union organizations, it is because it needs them to bring its demands to the management of the SNCF. Some speak of the “giantjaunisation” of trade unionism. The sociologist and philosopher Jean-Pierre Le Goff* evokes a deinstitutionalization of…
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