Will there be strikes during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
A few months before the Olympics, the CGT is keeping up the pressure.
“The government so despises the world of work that it has not understood that the success of the Olympics depends on the work of hundreds of thousands of workers,” denounces Sophie Binet, general secretary of the union at the microphone of France Inter this Wednesday .
“One of the key values of the Games is also the social issue,” defends Sophie Binet.
France is a benchmark country in terms of freedom and social rights, the least it can do is set an example.”
“Obviously employees want to participate in the success of the Games, but not in disregard of their social and health situation,” continues the trade unionist.
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If strike notices have not yet been filed by the CGT, adds Sophie Binet, they must be filed at the beginning of April in the three public functions (State, local authorities and hospital) to cover the entire period concerned.
They result from degraded working conditions, skipped vacations, extended days, limited compensatory rest, in exchange for bonuses whose amount varies depending on the employer.
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Sophie Binet, who indicates having participated in a round table at the Ministry of Civil Service on Tuesday evening, denounces a “total unpreparedness (
of the government
) on all social questions linked to the Games”.
She cites in particular the hospital public service, already tested, which will be in great demand during the Olympics.
“The account is not there: how will the recruitments be carried out?
How will the reinforcement agents be accommodated?
» she asks.
The CGT also defends the timing of these strikes.
“It’s not true that strikes only take place in these critical moments, but that’s when we talk about them the most,” refutes Sophie Binet.
Bonuses of up to 1,500 euros
The government has already promised bonuses of 500, 1,000 or 1,500 euros for civil servants mobilized on the ground, depending on the degree of their mobilization.
Public Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on Saturday March 9 that “the whole country wants there to be no strikes” during the Olympics.
Force Ouvrière, the second largest public service union, has also filed a strike notice starting on March 19, which could extend throughout the Olympic and Paralympic period.
On the CFDT side, a reformist union, the leader Marylise Léon explained that, as it stands, she favors “the time for negotiation” without, however, excluding.