«We need responsibility», launched the Minister Delegate for Transport on Monday morning. Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP
The inter-union called for a new day of mobilization against the pension reform on Saturday February 11, after that scheduled for Tuesday.
On the eve of a new day of mobilization against the pension reform, Clément Beaune already has an eye on the next one, scheduled for Saturday. “I call on the trade unions to take responsibility for Saturday 11 February. (…) We need responsibility, not to disrupt Saturday holiday departures“Launched the Minister Delegate for Transport this Monday morning on LCI.
Saturday is indeed the first crossover day of the winter holidays. This will be the start of the holidays for zone B, while zone A will start the second part of its holidays this weekend. In zone C, the holidays will begin on Saturday February 18.
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Clément Beaune also underlined this Monday morning that there was “debates within trade unionsconcerning Saturday’s inter-union day of action. At midday, the representative unions of the SNCF finally announced that they were not calling for a strike on Saturday, enjoining only the railway workers “to participate in events throughout the territory».
The minimum service, «a slogan»
The unions explain that they do not want to penalize travelers. “The government is already beginning to castigate the strikes and blockades, pointing to the crossover of February holidaymakers hoping to “turn” public opinion“Wrote CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots in a joint press release. “It’s a waste of time and it’s a bad calculation!they insisted. Invited on France 2 this Monday morning, the boss of the CGT Philippe Martinez had already pointed out that, “for the moment, there is no call for a strike” at the SNCF for Saturday.
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After a deputy (non-registered), Véronique Besse, tabled a bill last week to ban strikes during school holidays, and many voices on the right are calling for a real minimum service, Clément Beaune once again defended its own proposals to limit transport disruptions in the event of a strike. “Minimum service is actually a slogan“, he launched on LCI. The Minister repeated the measures he had already mentioned on Friday during a press briefing in Essonne, in particular the extension of the notice period (now set at 48 hours), the mobilization of voluntary personnel or the place given to social dialogue.
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