Union shows solidarity to Nice workers
by Lughan Deane
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After the tragic events in Nice last week, IMPACT has made contact with French trade unions in order to express its deep condolences and sympathies. National secretary Peter Nolan was in correspondence with Stelios Tsiakkaros, of the CFDT group of unions.
Peter conveyed the condolences “of all of us here in IMPACT.” He offered the sympathies of IMPACT and its members to “CFDT, its members and those emergency service workers who were involved and continue to be involved in supporting the innocent victims."
Mr Tsiakkaros responded and thanked IMPACT for its thoughts and solidarity. In his response, he wrote that “these tragedies demonstrate that we need more solidarity and brotherhood among peoples not to fall into the trap of extremists."
He went on to say that “the global union movement can contribute and together we can defeat barbarism and protect our values and democracy."
IMPACT also expressed its condolences on social media. Here is the union’s reaction on Facebook:
 And here is IMPACT’s response on Twitter:
 The Force Ouvriere group of unions retweeted IMPACT’s response and thanked the union for its thoughts.
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