LFI deputy Thomas Portes proposed this Thursday to "
remove the minimum service
" in public transport, to "
protect the right to strike
" in this sector.
The elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis denounced a “
context of repression against those who mobilize
” against the pension reform.
He referred to the intervention of the police in Vitry-sur-Seine, in the Val-de-Marne, the same morning to unblock a deposit managed by a company which collects garbage from the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
The deputy, who had distinguished himself in recent weeks by playing with a football bearing the image of Olivier Dussopt, is also concerned about the positions taken by ministers "
to explain that it was necessary to regulate the right to strike or reduce it
”.
“
We are tabling this bill to safeguard the right to strike in the transport sector
,” continued the deputy.
Thomas Portes is back in the National Assembly after being suspended for 15 sitting days after a tweet showing him with his foot on a ball bearing the image of Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, on the front line on pension reform.
The image had triggered heated debates in the hemicycle.
"The only weapon to oppose an authoritarian power"
In detail, his text, co-signed by 74 deputies from the left, proposes to return to a 2007 law "
on social dialogue and the continuity of public service in transport
", often nicknamed law on "
minimum service
".
Voted shortly after the arrival of Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée, it had notably established the obligation for the strikers to declare themselves no later than 48 hours in advance.
"
We want to repeal all its devices
", argued Thomas Portes, arguing that "
many employees are reluctant to go on strike
" because of this prior declaration, for fear of being "
pointed to
".
“
This right is the workers' only weapon to oppose an authoritarian power
,” further defended the MP.
Its text also provides for the exclusion of strikes from cases of "
foreseeable disturbances
", for which the minimum service can be established.
His bill is presented in the midst of a social tussle over pension reform.
Several renewable strikes are underway, particularly among garbage collectors.
With 7,600 tonnes of uncollected waste, the situation has become critical in certain districts of Paris.
The prefect of police will requisition agents to empty the trash cans that are piling up in the capital.