In poker, this is called “going all-in”.
For two months, the five days of strike have not really made the government back down on its plan to reform pensions despite very large demonstrations.
As a result, railway workers and RATP employees announce a renewable strike from March 7.
Their last chance to influence the executive.
The only certainty for now is that the strike will be very well attended on March 7.
On the main lines where there will be only one TGV in five.
But also in public transport: one in five TER in the provinces, one in three RER A and B in Île-de-France, one in three metro in Paris (lines 2, 9, 10, etc.).
Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune expects Tuesday "
a real hassle for those who cannot telecommute
".
And he warns: “
Things will probably not stop on March 7 in the evening or on March 8 in the early morning.
“For once, it is not in contradiction with the CGT.
"
Expect that there are no trains from this date
(Editor's note March 7)", explains Laurent Brun, secretary general of the CGT-railway workers.
On Wednesday, the RATP speaks of traffic "
improving compared to the day of March 7
" but "
very disturbed on the RER and metro networks
".
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To move the Élysée, the unions have a strategy in mind: "
We must carry out a renewable strike of at least ten days and that we block Paris for at least two weekends
", estimates Didier Mathis, secretary general. of the Unsa-railway.
Will the unions be followed by their troops in this period of loss of purchasing power?
No one knows.
“
In the midst of an election campaign to choose a new first secretary of the CGT at the end of March, the CGT-railway workers, who are among the hardliners within the confederation, will weigh in to prolong the movement, estimates Arnaud Aymé, transport specialist within
the consulting firm Sia: if
it succeeds, it will increase the chances of the most maximalist candidate of being elected.
»
The executive who has in mind the prolonged social conflicts of 1995 or 2019-2020 in transport because, already, of a pension reform will be attentive to the evolution of the situation.
Some arguments also plead for the movement not to stretch.
“
Railway workers and RATP employees have less to lose than during the previous pension reform in the winter of 2019-2020
”, underlines Bernard Vivier, director of the Higher Institute of Labor.
An application in early 2025 for SNCF and RATP
If, on paper, train or metro drivers will have to work two more years, the age of the cancellation of the discount where they will receive their entire retirement pension has been maintained at 57 at SNCF. like at the RATP.
And the reform will not come into effect until early 2025 in the two public groups against September 2023 for the other employers.
In addition, if the executive takes advantage of this reform to stop recruitment to the status at RATP, the grandfather clause guarantees current employees to keep their special pension plan.
Enough to encourage these staff to think before embarking on a long-term movement.
