In many sectors, the unions are forming a united front to push against the government and its pension reforms as much as possible. What do Thursday’s scheduled disruptions look like?
For the first time in 12 years a united trade union front, calls from political parties for mass mobilization, threat of paralysis… The pension reform proposed by the government on 10 January provoked protests from the trade unions.
The strike scheduled for Thursday 19 January will therefore be a life-size test for the trade unions which, depending on the sector, can continue the movement in a tough way.
• Transport: Towards a “Black Thursday”?
At the SNCF, it is a united trade union front calling for a “vigorous” strike. The union made up of the CGT, Unsa, SUD and the CFDT expresses “total opposition to the reduction of the statutory retirement age to 64 in combination with an extension of the contribution period”.
At the moment it is difficult to estimate the impact on the supply of the trains, the traffic forecasts will be communicated by the SNCF the day before the strike. However, the unions want to mark the ghosts with a “punch day”.
January 19 will be a test for the rest of the movement. Asked by BFM Business, a controller member of the ASCT collective (at the origin of the massive Christmas weekend strike) confirms: “I think we’ll have to wait until the day (Thursday) to sample the next”.
“We will decide according to the size of the mobilization,” said Didier Mathis, secretary general of Unsa-ferroviaire, the second trade union of the SNCF.
At the RATP, the purpose of a black day is the same for the united unions (CGT, FO, Unsa, CGC). Asked by BFM Paris, Grégoire de Lasteyrie, Vice President of Île-de-France Mobilities, fears that “the trade unions are trying to disrupt as much as possible the daily life of the inhabitants of Ile-de-France in order to create a kind of fed up around We will announce the transport plans the day before,” he explains, calling on employees to telecommute where possible.
Do not forget that the RATP is mainly the target of the reform with the disappearance for new recruits of the special pension scheme (who join the general scheme), as happened with the SNCF.
• Energy: trade unions campaign against petrol shortage
Repeat for refineries? In a statement, the oil branch of the CGT calls for several days of strike. The appeal will lead to “power cuts” and “stop shipments,” said Éric Sellini, union national coordinator for TotalEnergies.
In detail, the organization calls for a strike on January 19 for 24 hours, on January 26 for 48 hours and on February 6 for 72 hours. On that date, the extension of the strike will be offered to the workers “with, if necessary, the closure of the refinery plants”.
Faced with this threat, Elisabeth Borne called on the unions not to “punish the French”. A massive mobilization of almost a month, initiated by the CGT on September 27, with the closure of refineries and the blocking of deposits, had significant problems with the fuel supply In France.
• Hospital: a mobilization that goes beyond retreats
As often, many healthcare providers on strike will still be at their posts, but the effects of the move are likely to once again weigh on patient reception, especially in the emergency room. Indeed, some health workers cannot go to work because of the transport strike.
The announcement of the pension reform comes on top of a deep malaise around working conditions and wages, despite the increases recorded by the Ségur de la Santé.
• Rural education: many classes are closed
The prospect of working another two years for a profession whose entry into force is too late makes the unions swear. The FSU, the first trade union federation of teachers, has already issued a call for mobilization in education on wages, working conditions and the professional path on January 17. The organization also joins the general strike on January 19.
She denounces “brutal and unjust measures” that “we must fight with all our might,” in a press release published on January 10. “Quality of public services, salaries, pensions, it’s always about the distribution of wealth. The government opens several fronts, let’s be there on all of them!” she concludes.
The strike call of the main trade unions in the profession must therefore be closely monitored at all levels, especially in secondary vocational education.
• Civil Service: a rare trade union front
The public services union has invited all agents to mobilize against a pension reform it considers “unfair and unnecessary”. In a rare joint press release, the eight trade union organizations provide public service “demand that the government withdraw its plan to postpone the statutory retirement age from 62 to 64 and to extend the contribution period.
“The stated improvements in the rights of male and female officers through the introduction of progressive retirement in certain cases, the retention of active duty entitlements and henceforth their portability, cannot in any way compensate for the reduction in the retirement age.” opening of pension rights or extension of the contribution period,’ they say.
• Police: two more years that will not pass
“There is no question of the police working longer,” warns Synergy Officers, one of the parts of the national police interunion calling for mass mobilization on January 19.
The reform provides for a full rate departure deferred by two years until age 59 while retaining the option to leave at age 57 with a discount of 5% per annum before age 59. A perspective completely rejected by the police who emphasize the extreme wear and tear of the profession.
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