An inter-union (UNSA, SUD, CFDT, FO) of the Gironde Departmental Fire and Rescue Service called on the department's firefighters to strike from August 7 to 10, considering that they were no longer able to "
effectively protect the population.
“, We learned Tuesday, August 3 of the unions.
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"
We are no longer able to carry out our missions, our teams are saturated,
" said Bernard Simonpietri, secretary general of FO Gironde. The unions are calling for a redefinition of the missions entrusted to some 1,800 Girondins firefighters, deploring that they are increasingly being entrusted with "
everything that others do not want to do
". They are protesting in particular against ambulance transport which is increasingly allocated to them to make up for the lack of approved private ambulance drivers.
"
The critical point is the waiting time at the emergency level to be taken care of by the hospital administration
", explained Jonathan Mansot (CFDT), relating that there is "
a little more than one week, a fire engine remained at the doors of the hospital for more than 6 hours to make an admission
”.
Call for a "hard and intense" strike
"
We are coming to the end of the day, we called for a total strike by asking the agents not to come to their place of work, charge to the administrations to requisition to ensure a minimum service
", he warned.
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According to Léopold Emery (SUD), who also wants a "
hard and intense
"
strike
, the situation "
is so critical that the large barracks which are supposed to cover the historic heart of Bordeaux and a large part of the metropolis, have more, certain evenings, of mobilizable fire resources, quite simply because our agents are in the ambulances which are assigned in addition
”.
The inter-union which specifies to represent 80% of the agents of the SDIS of Gironde during the professional elections, will be received "
in the week by the prefect delegated to the defense and the security of the southwest zone
", indicated the press service of the prefecture.
According to the unions, the meeting should take place on Wednesday at 3 p.m.