A few dozen employees of Eau de Paris, on an indefinite strike since this morning, occupied the place de l'Hotel-de-Ville in the morning, asking to be received by the mayor Anne Hidalgo. “ Since the end of the strike of March 26, 2014, the Town Hall and its management have engaged in compensation for the exposure [to] risks. But nothing has been done since, "regret the CGT, Solidaires, FO and the CFTC in a press release.
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Since 2011, several reports have exposed the exposure of agents to asbestos fibers and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In 2014, a strike lasting several days led to the signing of an agreement to end the strike providing for compensation for this exposure. But according to the unions, nothing has been done since that date.
" Six years ago, employees went on strike on the same forecourt to claim for their health a leave of retirement ," reminded Figaro Benjamin Morand, CFTC union delegate " Eau de Paris ". At the time, “ Ms. Hidalgo had promised to open up rights because there is asbestos in the sewers. Today these rights have not been respected. We have been waiting six years and hoping for six years , ”he regrets.
To compensate for this exposure, the strikers " demand the doubling of the rights concerning the retirement leave, with retroactive effect ". Since 2010, employees have already benefited from end-of-career leave through the accumulation of days of end-of-career leave, which reaches approximately one and a half years after 40 years of career.