Almost no metro will run on Thursday in Paris, due to a strike called by all the RATP unions which promises to be very popular. The RATP invites all those who can to stay at home by teleworking.
- Only fully automated lines 1 and 14 will run normally but with a “risk of saturation”.
- Five lines will be completely closed (2, 8, 10, 11 and 12), the others only running at peak times, with a severely degraded service.
- The situation will not be better on the RER A where one in three trains will run on average.
- On the RER B, the frequency will be every other train.
At the SNCF on the other hand, the movement supported by the only CGT-Cheminots promises to be much less followed.
- Traffic will be normal on the TGVs and slightly disrupted on the Intercités, on the eve of a long weekend.
- On TER lines, nine out of ten trains will run on average
- In Ile-de-France, some disruptions are to be expected on certain Transilien lines.
Rising wages, improving working conditions and pension reform
All the unions (CGT, FO, Unsa, Solidaires) of the RATP have long called for mobilization to demand wage increases and improved working conditions. The RATP, like other companies in the transport sector, also suffers from chronic understaffing due to recruitment difficulties. It is experiencing an explosion of absenteeism, particularly on its bus network.
Another reason for mobilization: the future pension reform with a possible postponement of the legal retirement age and the end of special schemes. Human resources will be “the first subject on the table” after taking office, insisted Jean Castex during his hearing on Tuesday November 8 before the Senate. He promised the opening of negotiations on wages “from December 2022, that is to say tomorrow”.
This event is part of a day of national and interprofessional mobilization decided recently, at the call of the CGT alone. FO, which had joined the mobilization day of October 18, at the height of the movement in the refineries, chose this time not to join the CGT, as well as FSU and Solidaires. There were then 107,000 demonstrators according to the police, and 300,000 according to the union.
The secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, will not be in Paris, having chosen to parade in Nîmes where he is traveling as part of the professional elections in the public service.