"It is the maintenance of jobs today that is the biggest concern", explained Ali Eloued, CGT central union delegate, during a rally of about fifty Casino group employees in Paris on the sidelines of the group's annual general meeting. They intend to express their concerns about the continuity of jobs and ask for salary increases, while the situation of the retail group, which originated in Saint-Étienne, seems to be increasingly precarious. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES