All the territories of the Aix-Marseille metropolis are now affected, a first.
Started last Thursday at the call of the CGT, the garbage collectors' strike hardened Monday evening with the reinforcement of Force Ouvrière (FO), the majority union in the metropolis, which announced to join the movement.
The local authority was not yet able Tuesday noon to provide figures on the number of agents concerned.
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At the origin of the mobilization, the city's proposal to increase the working time of all its public collection and cleaning agents, intended to comply with the law on the transformation of the public service, adopted in 2019 This imposes, from January 1, 2022, a return to 35 hours per week (ie 1,607 hours per year) for all public officials, with possible adjustments to take into account the arduous nature of the work.
Debate on working time
In the project presented by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, chaired by Martine Vassal (LR), a working time is registered for the cleaning and collection agents of 1,530 hours per year, i.e. 5h42 of work per day, six days a week. This corresponds to a reduction of 5% of the legal duration. A proposal deemed insufficient by the CGT, which calls for a 20% bonus, or 1,286 hours per year and 28 hours per week on average, with possible adaptations of cycles depending on the territories. Véronique Dolot, CGT coordinator for collection in the metropolis, even castigates an "
indecent
"
proposal
, which the garbage collectors will pay with their health according to her. She quotes a study published in the journal Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales in 2006, according to which “
the life expectancy at 60 for territorial garbage collectors is three years lower than that of other male agents (local authorities)
”.
“
The metropolis tells them: 'you are going to work even more', which means: 'we will further lower your life expectancy',
” denounces the trade unionist.
Garbage is piling up in Marseille.
Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
The entire Aix-Marseille metropolis is now affected by the garbage collectors' strike.
Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
On the metropolitan side, we defend ourselves by asserting that it is impossible to go above a 5% reduction in working time due to hardship. “
We are required to apply the law. We have little room for maneuver,
”says Roland Mouren, vice-president of the metropolis responsible for waste reduction and treatment strategy. And this one to take the example of Paris, where the town hall had according to him proposed a decrease of 20%, retoquée by the prefect of Ile-de-France last July.
“
The prefect of Paris did not reject a 20% bonus proposal, he rebutted the Paris deliberation for other reasons, Paris having never offered a 20% bonus!
"Retorted the CGT in a post shared on Facebook Tuesday.
Indeed, according to the letter that
Le Parisien
obtained, the prefecture criticized in particular the text of the town hall for granting additional days of rest to its agents.
“
To date, nothing prohibits this 20% bonus, since no legislative text deals with any ceiling!
“, Underlines in addition the CGT.
"Nobody wants the conflict to drag on
"
At Force Ouvrière, if we adhere to the CGT's proposal to reduce working hours by around 20%, this is not the union's priority in negotiations. “
In the proposed cycle changes, agents will have to work 28 more days per year without financial compensation. It's inconceivable
”, Estimates Patrick Rué, general secretary of the territorial organizations of the city of Marseille and the metropolis.
He also calls for the harmonization of bonuses in all areas of the metropolis - they can go up to 200 euros per month for some agents, according to him -, or to increase Sundays and public holidays worked, in financial terms or in days. rest.
None of these demands were heard during the first round of negotiations on Monday, deplores Patrick Rué, who wants a new meeting on Wednesday.
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Despite the blockage, we want to be confident on the side of the Marseille metropolis. "
We are hopeful that reason will eventually prevail,
" says Roland Mouren, saying he is ready to work on the organization of work to "
facilitate the tasks
" of the cleaners. For the time being, there is no question of soliciting private companies, which take care of collection in a third of the Marseille city, to compensate for the absence of public officials, according to the vice-president of the metropolis. "
Nobody wants the conflict to drag on,
" confirms Patrick Rué. But the positions of the two parties still seem very distant. The CGT therefore wants politics to take over."
We call on elected officials to assume their responsibilities
», Says Véronique Dolot.
Roland Mouren, he would especially like more support from the state.
“
This is a national problem.
It may be up to the state to say what it thinks about it, especially on the subject of hardship.
In the meantime, the strike continues, threatening the Marseille city to be quickly littered with garbage.
