2023-11-28 10:35:46
The facade of the Center Pompidou on strike on November 17 in Paris. SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS
It floated on Monday, November 27 like a scent of weariness during the general staff meeting of the Center Pompidou. The approximately 140 agents gathered once again voted to renew the strike, launched on October 16 following the uncertainties surrounding their fate during the work on the Parisian establishment, scheduled between 2025 and 2030. But six weeks after the start of the movement social, everyone sticks out their tongues. “Our colleagues are tired, demotivated, desperate”laments a reception agent. “There’s a little slack, it’s longrecognizes a representative of the National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (UNSA). We will see how to activate the strike fund before Christmas. »
The lightning passage of the communist senator from Paris Ian Brossat, who sent a letter written the same day to the Minister of Culture, Rima Adbul Malak, certainly energized the troops, like the unexpected rallying of agents of the Public Information Library , who filed a strike notice on Thursday, November 23. “But we cannot close every day, we must go on strike in rotation, with targeted actions”, admits Philippe Mahé, Force Ouvrière (FO) secretary of the Center Pompidou staff. There is no question, however, of giving up our weapons. “They are counting on us running out of steam, we must organize the disorganization, create chaos! »urges Vincent Krier, of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT).
At the management of the establishment, as at the Ministry of Culture, it is the status quo strategy. And everyone to advance “strong commitments” obtained by the unions following seven work meetings: maintaining the level of remuneration and schedules, a strengthening of the training budget for agents and the guarantee for each agent to return to their position or another corresponding to their skills at the time. reopening.
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However, Rue de Valois does not intend to give up on the two main blocking points: the employment ceiling and the non-outsourcing of services and missions demanded by the unions, knowing that a quarter of the agents will retire by now. five to ten years. “It is too early to freeze the organization of the establishment upon its reopening, scheduled in seven years, while the Center Pompidou’s projects are in full development and expansion”sweeps away Ms. Abdul Malak, in a letter addressed on November 15 to all staff of the establishment.
Partnership abroad
This all-out development, which puts pressure on the collections, is no less a concern for agents. “How do you think our heritage conservation mission will be fulfilled with even more moving works and ever-increasing losses?asks the inter-union in a letter sent on November 21 to the minister. The collection of the National Museum of Modern Art is suffering: numerous losses due to incessant loans and the exponential increase in projects outside the walls are forever damaging works constituting French heritage. »
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