Both in the Assembly and in the street, the week promises to be decisive. While the Senate gave its agreement on Saturday to the government’s pension reform project, the negotiations will continue on Wednesday, a new day of mobilization, in a joint joint committee (7 deputies and 7 senators), in the hope that the National Assembly and Senate fall on an agreement, which will then have to be validated Thursday in the Assembly. While the government hopes to pass its project without resorting to 49.3, unions in many sectors have warned that using the article would lead to a hardening of the movement.
Transports
The RATP and SNCF unions had called for a renewable strike from the sixth day of mobilization on March 7, but traffic should be much less disrupted this week than last week, according to forecasts. For the moment, the RATP expects normal traffic for Tuesday in the metro and almost normal on its tracks on Wednesday, except for the RER which will be “very disrupted”. On the side of the main lines, train traffic will be “significantly improving” on Tuesday, even if some lines will experience disruptions, said the SNCF.
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) announced on Monday that traffic will be disrupted from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning at Orly airport. For Wednesday, the DGAC has asked airlines to cancel 20% of their flights at Orly, due to the mobilization of air traffic controllers. Roissy or other French airports are currently not affected by cancellations or delays.
Education
Even if several inter-union departments have called on teachers to strike on Wednesday, no national call has yet been issued.
Garbage men
While nearly 5,400 tonnes of waste remained uncollected on Sunday in Paris, according to the town hall, the garbage collectors’ strike will continue at least until Wednesday in the capital. Syctom’s three incinerators, which process nearly 5,000 tonnes of waste per day, for Paris but also for Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine and part of Val-de-Marne, will therefore remain the stop until then. A new vote should then be held to decide whether or not to continue the movement.
In Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), where nearly 3.5 tonnes of waste were piling up on Monday, the CGT announced that the movement “will harden” this week, according to HuffPost. In Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) and Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor), garbage collectors decided to maintain the movement on Monday, after a week of blockage.
Refineries
Some refineries were still blocked on Monday. In Donges (Loire-Atlantique), where the CGT reported Monday 90% of strikers, the movement will continue until Thursday evening. In Fos-sur-Mer, the strike was extended until Tuesday, according to BFMTV. Uncertainty remains at the La Mède biorefinery (Bouches-du-Rhône), which still had 70% of strikers on Monday.
On the other hand, the strikers of the refineries of Feyzin (Rhône) and Normandy, the largest in France, had temporarily resumed fuel shipments during the weekend in order to avoid a stoppage of production.
Ports
The CGT called this Monday for three days of work stoppage in the ports of France, with a day “dead ports” in conclusion Thursday. Fluxel employees, operators of the Fos and Lavéra oil terminals, which provide the connection between oil tankers and their customers in the port, have also announced that they are going on a renewable strike.