Although the new general strike day is scheduled for January 31, some unions have already scheduled strikes as early as January 26.
The last Tuesday of January did not seem close enough for some unions: from January 26, some strike action will be taken against the pension reform in certain sectors. The CGT-Cheminots filed a new strike notice and announced it in a communicated. Thus, from Wednesday January 25, 2023, 7 p.m. to Thursday February 2, 2023, 8 a.m. “traffic may be disrupted. The message was clearly passed on BFM TV by the secretary general of the CGT-Cheminots, Laurent Brun: “An action every 15 days is not necessarily enough”, he had supported.
The SNCF should communicate on the traffic disruption forecasts very quickly because the strikers have the obligation to declare themselves 48 hours before the start of the movement. You can find the announcements in this article of The Internet user :
Several strike movements have also been announced in other sectors, a few days before the school holidays which are due to begin on February 4 in zone A.
A 48-hour strike in refineries
The FNIC-CGT (CGT Petroleum) wishes to express its dissatisfaction against pension reform, deemed “illegitimate” and “unacceptable”. For the moment, the union only mentions a stoppage of the refineries “if necessary”. Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator of the TotalEnergies group, warned that these strikes would lead to “decreases in flow” and “stops in the shipment of fuels” as reported France info.
The second strike (the first having taken place on the 19th) in the refineries will take place on the 26th and 27th of January next. Another 72-hour strike is also announced during school holidays, starting February 6. Beyond that, the CGT Pétrole must communicate on its actions but the stoppage of the refineries will only be done “if necessary”.
In an attempt to reassure motorists, the Minister for Energy Transition recalled that “stocks exist, they have been replenished since the fall movement”. The government has hardened its tone, considering that the right to strike and the right to demonstrate were constitutional, but that it was important “not to penalize the French”, warned the Prime Minister. Some players in the sector, in particular service stations, have asked users not to fill up with precautions that would cause a preventive shortage.
Shut down nuclear power plants?
The CGT Mines-Energie also announced measures that could lead to voluntary power cuts, and put forward the idea of making energy free for certain customers. In comments collected by AFP, Renaud Henry, secretary general of the CGT Énergie Marseille, warned of a boost for bakers. “We have the technical capacity to lower the energy bills of bakers, without endangering property or people,” he told AFP.
The Energy Federation has also planned a strike this January 26 in at least 5 nuclear power plants EDF reported BFM TV but “almost all are organized so that there is at least one hour of stoppage per day”, according to Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the FNME-CGT indicated Marianne.
A 24-hour strike in some ports
The CGT federation of Ports and Docks invited the employees of the domain not to work on Thursday January 26 for 24 hours and to “eliminate overtime and exceptional shifts” indicated the press release. The federation “calls on dock workers and port workers to amplify the methods of action”.