Are we heading towards a renewable strike from March 7? The CGT-Cheminots called on Friday, on the eve of a new day of mobilization against the pension reform, to “amplify the demonstrations” against the pension reform, but also to “activate other levers available to employees” , among which this possibility.
“The demonstrations are massive, union unity is very broad. The ingredients for a victory are therefore united, ”rejoiced the union in a press release, on the eve of a new day of interprofessional demonstration on Saturday. But the number one union among railway workers still fears a forced passage from the government and calls for the movement to be hardened to force it to withdraw its project.
“By striking, we have real power over the economy. By renewing the strike, we are raising the pressure as much as possible”, assures the CGT-Cheminots, which welcomes the joint actions already carried out “with energy, ports, petrochemicals”. Faced with the fear of railway workers of embarking alone on a hard movement, the CGT replied that “the same debates will be carried out in all branches of the CGT”.
A renewable strike after the holidays?
The CGT federation of railway workers therefore calls for a strike and demonstrations on February 16, the day chosen by the confederations for a fifth interprofessional demonstration. But it also wishes “to debate on each construction site and in each railway company in the branch the launch of a renewable strike from March 7”, i.e. just after the school holidays in zone C, which covers the Ile- of France and Occitania.
All of the unions representing SNCF (CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots) called for demonstrations on Saturday, but without going on strike. After two first days of mobilization well followed in the public group, the third Tuesday began to mark time with a rate of strikers of 25% at noon (against 36% on January 31 and 46% on the 19th).