Be careful if you have to take the bus or tram on Friday in Greater Paris.
The lines operated by the RATP will be greatly disrupted by a social movement.
The management published the first traffic estimates on Wednesday, which will be refined on Thursday.
On the metro and RER networks, traffic will be normal on Friday, except for “slight” disruptions to be expected on lines 2, 7, 8, 9 and 13. On the other hand, the circulation of buses and trams will be very disrupted.
Traffic forecasts
No tram will run on the T8 which connects Saint-Denis - Porte de Paris (93) to Villetaneuse-University and Épinay-Orgemont.
On lines T1, T2, T3a, T3b, T6, T5 and T7, one out of 2 or 3 trams will run on Friday, only at peak times, depending on the lines.
"Precise information will be made tomorrow Thursday," says the RATP.
On the bus network, the RATP announces "30% of lines interrupted".
On open lines, "on average, 1 bus out of 2 with variations depending on the sector".
Again, “precise information will be made tomorrow Thursday”.
Machinists worried about opening up to competition
The employees of the bus and tram departments are worried about the consequences of the opening up to competition, which will come into force from January 2025. "We denounce the liquidation of our working conditions and the dismantling of the RATP, declares Cemil Kaygisiz , general secretary of the CGT RATP bus.
For us, the whole project, and the increase in working time is unacceptable”.
For more than a year, the management of the board and the trade unions have been negotiating the future working conditions, which will apply within the framework of the competition.
The issue of machinists' working time is at the center of discussions on the future "territorialized social framework" (CST).
This new agreement must specify the famous “social backpack”, the device which provides guarantees to employees who will change employers.
Except that for the CGT RATP, the UNSA, FO, SAT and CFDT, these upcoming changes represent “a social setback”.
“We are going to lose what the ancients fought for.
In concrete terms, the management is asking us for 190 more hours a year, to take 6 days off less, and to multiply the services cut in half, including Saturdays,” explains Cemil Kaygisiz.
An effort of "productivity" supposed to consolidate the "competitiveness" of the board, faced with competing offers from operators such as Keolis or Transdev, and which opens the right to bonuses in terms of remuneration, promises management.
The definition of the 12 “lots” corresponding to the historical scope of RATP buses has only just begun.
But elsewhere, in Île-de-France, several networks have been awarded following calls for tenders.
AND it didn't happen without social unrest.
At the end of September 2021, the handover between bosses of the outer suburbs bus networks caused long weeks of strikes, particularly in Seine-et-Marne at Transdev.
Following these movements, Île-de-France Mobilités, the authority in charge of transport, adapted the specifications for calls for tenders.
The "social criteria" now have more weight in the choice of the candidate who will be retained.
Claims for purchasing power
The metro and RER networks could also be slightly disrupted on Friday, to a lesser extent.
The CGT RATP and FO, the majority, call on all RATP agents to stop work to obtain a general upgrade.
“Good financial health does not benefit agents whose index point value is still frozen.
Index point which also serves as a basis for calculating other elements of our remuneration, deplores Bertrand Hammache, the delegate of the CGT RATP, in a letter to President Catherine Guillouard.
As a result, agents experience a steady decline in their purchasing power.
Today, RATP's economic and financial indicators are green.
The agents do not accept that their budget is in the red, adding to the anxiety-provoking climate of the opening up to competition and the profound transformations of the company.
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