The unions are back on the streets for the seventh time in less than two months.
After two mobilizations in January, three in February and one on March 7, the organizations opposed to the pension reform have called on the French to pound the pavement again this Saturday March 11, a month to the day after the last day of action. organized over the weekend.
This Saturday, strikes should be less numerous than during the week, but certain professions promise to remain mobilized.
Disruptions are thus expected in several sectors, including transport.
If the RATP is counting on traffic conditions "
almost equivalent
" to those, in "
significant improvement
", of this Friday, the SNCF has already warned its passengers: "
Traffic should remain
disrupted during the weekend of similar way to Friday, with possible local evolutions
".
Same observation in the air: the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has asked companies to cancel 20% of flights on Saturday at the airports of Paris-Orly, Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux, and 20% Sunday on those of Paris-Orly, Marseille and Toulouse.
In the refineries, the strikers also want to continue to block fuel shipments.
In addition to these mobilizations disrupting sectors, demonstrations and rallies are planned across France on Saturday.
In Paris, the procession will leave Place de la République at 2 p.m.: it will then follow a path well known to the trade unions, via Boulevard du Temple, Beaumarchais, Place de la Bastille, Rue de Lyon, Avenue Daumesnil and the boulevard Diderot to the place de la Nation, arrival point of the mobilization.
In Lyon, participants will go from 2 p.m. from Place Jean-Macé to the Brotteaux district.
In Marseille, they will also set off at 2 p.m. from the Old Port.
In Orleans, opponents are called to gather on the forecourt of the cathedral at 2 p.m., when Montpellier residents are expected at 2 p.m. from the banks of the Lez.
The demonstrators in Lille will leave the Porte de Paris at 2.30 p.m., those in Nantes from the Miroir d'eau at the same time, and those in Nice at 10 a.m., in front of the Nice Ville station.
Bordeaux residents will march from Place de la Bourse at 1:30 p.m., and residents of Strasbourg from Place de la Gare at 10:30 a.m.
For opponents, time is running out
This time, the unions hope to be able to mobilize even more widely than on March 7, taking advantage of the fact that the day of action is on a Saturday.
Opponents are counting in particular on the arrival of families and private sector employees, who are not quick to strike or march in the middle of the week.
On Saturday February 11, just under a million people had beaten the pavement, according to the Ministry of the Interior, including 93,000 in Paris – the record recorded in the capital since the start of the social movement.
For their part, territorial intelligence expects to see between 800,000 and a million opponents demonstrate, including 70,000 to 100,000 in Paris, according to BFMTV.
Either a significant level, but less massive than that of March 7.
This day will be the second of the "
second act
" of the social movement, which began on Tuesday, according to the unions.
It will be followed by an eighth mobilization, Wednesday, March 15, as recently confirmed by the inter-union.
For the opponents, time is running out, while the examination of the reform is accelerating in the Senate, and that the discussions must end Sunday at midnight.
The project will then go to the Joint Joint Committee (CMP) on Wednesday, before returning to the National Assembly one last time.
There are therefore only a few days left for the organizations to wind up against the plans of the executive to roll it back.
The unions assure it: the opponents will not give up.
“
The weariness, we do not see it.
“Warned CFDT boss Laurent Berger on Tuesday, a few minutes before the start of the Paris demonstration.