Hundreds of thousands of people rushed from Place d'Italie in Paris on Tuesday afternoon to protest against the pension reform.
While the unions hope for a greater mobilization than during the first day of action on January 19, the figures show a slight drop for the moment on Tuesday.
The point sector by sector.
Transport
More than a third of railway workers (36.5%) went on strike according to a union source, less than on January 19 (46.3%).
SNCF management did not wish to confirm these figures, presented as provisional and which do not include a breakdown by profession.
The movement nevertheless strongly disturbs the traffic and the day proceeds in accordance with the forecasts of the direction: the SNCF circulates only one TGV out of three on average, almost no Intercités and two TER out of ten.
The movement greatly affects commuter train traffic in Île-de-France, with in particular one train in ten, on average, on lines C, D, E, J, L, N, P and R which, for the most of them only operate at peak times and/or on part of their route.
Education
Teachers' unions have counted at least 50% of strikers among teachers, from kindergarten to high school.
The ministry for its part announced a rate of striking teachers of 25.92%, figures well below the mobilization of January 19 (38.5%).
In Paris, but not only, schools remained closed.
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On the student side, rallies took place this Tuesday morning, as on the Saint-Charles site of Aix-Marseille University, where a picket was set up with a banner “Overwhelming reform, student response”.
Sciences-po Paris was occupied during the night by around fifty students who left the premises in the morning.
Civil service and private sector
There were 19.4% strikers among state officials, which has 2.5 million agents, on Tuesday according to the Ministry of Public Service, against 28% twelve days ago.
In the territorial public service (nearly two million agents), the rate of strikers reached 7.9% at midday, against 11.3% on January 19, detailed the ministry.
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In the hospital public service (1.2 million agents), it amounted to 8.5%, against 9.9% twelve days earlier.
Town halls, like that of Paris, have kept their doors closed.
The communist town halls of Vénissieux (Rhône), Échirolles (Isère) or Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) closed for half a day.
At La Poste, 8.79% of employees were on strike, according to management, against 14.64% last time.
Energy
The mobilization remains strong in the refineries and fuel depots of TotalEnergies which had 75 to 100% of strikers on Tuesday, according to the CGT.
The management of the group for its part estimated that the rate of strikers amounted to 55%, against 65% on January 19.
On the electricity side, mobilization remains high, although down slightly compared to January 19.
The management of Engie identified 34.3% of strikers and that of EDF 40.3% against 44.5% on January 19.
The social movement led to reductions in electricity production at EDF, which reached 3,210 MW at 11 am, or the equivalent of the total capacity of three nuclear reactors, the CGT ensuring that the drop in load reached 5,000 MW.
On January 19, during the first day of actions, the fall in production had reached 7,000 MW according to the CGT and around 5,000 MW according to RTE.
In Vienne, “Robin Hood” actions to reconnect electricity to cut homes have been claimed by the CGT.
In the South-West, the CGT of Lot-et-Garonne claimed the deactivation of four road radars.