On the strength of the movement against the pension reform of March 7, the inter-union called for a new day of interprofessional strike on Wednesday March 15, 2023.
The intersyndicale aims for the withdrawal of the pension reform by the street and will call for demonstrations “as long as necessary”. Next Saturday March 11, a day of demonstrations which will not be accompanied by interprofessional strikes, the unions will set the tone on the next date on the calendar, Wednesday March 15. A crucial date because as specified by the CFDT in a press release, “the parliamentary sequence is almost at its end, it is essential to continue to maintain the pressure” because the government has given itself 50 days to have the text examined, i.e. until March 26. For now, it is difficult to predict all the disruptions, but some branch unions have already relayed the call.
The new teachers on strike on March 15?
The SUD Education union called in a communicated “all National Education and university staff to continue and amplify the mobilization” in order to put “France at a standstill”. As claimed by the first union which represents teachers, educational assistants, AESH and administrative education staff, the staff of National Education and universities have “a role to play in this arm wrestling since when the schools and colleges are closed, parents cannot go to work, similarly the closures of high schools or universities allow young people to mobilize and participate in blocking actions.
Refineries blocked until March 15
For the time being, fuel shipments have not resumed leaving the sites of TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil with the stated objective of holding out until Friday March 10. The site of Clément Mortier, FO union official at TotalEnergies’ Mardyck depot has already announced the objective of blocking shipments until March 15, he told AFP. Blockages that could lead to an increase in shortages at gas stations. Also according to AFP, Wednesday March 8, 6.7% of the stations lacked fuel (diesel or gasoline).
Transport still immobilized?
The strike on SNCF trains or local transport (buses, metros, trams, etc.) could continue this month of March. Already disrupted for a few days, rail traffic could strike again on March 15. According to information from France 3 “at the SNCF, a mobilization of rail agents for the day of Tuesday March 14 would be envisaged”. The agents of the SNCF and the RATP in particular being subject to a minimum service, they have the obligation to declare the strike at least 48 hours in advance. In a few days, they will have to declare their will to strike or not.