The drivers of the Transdev bus network in the agglomeration of Melun (Seine-et-Marne) ended an eight-week strike on Tuesday following an agreement between unions and management, AFP learned from the various parts.
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The 36 Transdev bus lines in the Melun region, city-prefecture of this Ile-de-France department, had been severely disrupted for two months due to a social movement of drivers. The latter denounced the new organization put in place by Transdev in Ile-de-France, as part of the opening up to competition of the Optile bus network (middle and greater suburbs of the Paris region). Following a new conciliation meeting, management and unions signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday evening which paves the way for a return to normal service from Thursday.
“There were about nine commitments which are points of adjustment to respond to the demands that had been raised by the unions.
This mainly concerns the organization of work and the declination of new driver service sheets
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Transdev management told AFP.
"We found common ground"
UST-SUD delegate of the Vaux-le-Pénil depot, strong point of the mobilization, Mohamed Abdelmoumni confirmed to AFP this signature and the end of the strike:
"we have found common ground"
, he said. he says.
If the employees of Transdev in the sectors of Marne-la-Vallée and Sénart had already put an end to the strike on their side, the social movement persists on the other hand in the zone of Fontainebleau.
For the latter sector, new negotiations are to be held on Thursday morning.
