STRIKE RATP. Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the mobilization against the pension reform will continue in the Ile-de-France transport. The CGT-RATP joins the interprofessional strike movement and encourages agents to participate in local strikes.
[Mis à jour le 25 janvier 2023 à 7h50] Will the RATP strike experience the same fate as the SNCF strike which seems to be heading towards new days of mobilization, or even, for some trade unionists, a renewable strike? This Tuesday evening, the CGT RATP called on “employees”, via its Facebook page, “to participate, from January 23, in all the local initiatives” proposed and “to make January 31 a strong day of strikes and mobilizations, to demand that the government abandon its pension reform”.
In the event of a new day of strike against the pension reform, their whole daily life could again be turned upside down. Because on January 19, 2023, the day of the first mobilization against the pension reform, the majority of national and local public transport had been paralyzed. What follow-up will be given to the movement at the RATP? CGT boss Philippe Martinez wants the actions to continue by January 31 and beyond, as “during the school holidays” in February.
The intersyndicale (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA, Solidaires, FSU) called for a new day of mobilization against the pension reform for the day of the Tuesday, January 31, 2023but also to new strikes “around January 23”, according to information from BFM TV.
The RATP unions reacted to these calls from the intersyndicale, announcing via a press release on Facebook “participate from January 23 in all local initiatives“proposed and”to make January 31 a strong day of strikes and mobilizations“. The disruptions should be announced at the end of the weekend by the management of the RATP. As a reminder, on January 19, line 8 of the metro was completely closed and 10 other lines only ran during rush hours.
The mobilization of Thursday, January 19 inevitably reminds us of the strike which had paralyzed the French rail for two months in 2019, during the first mobilization against the pension reform which had been aborted because of the Covid-19 health crisis. The social movement could be easily renewed at the RATP thanks to an “unlimited duration” strike notice filed in December 2019 by the RATP unions, as mentioned TF1 News.
“We are ready to leave until the reform is abandoned, even if financially, it will not be easy,” said a metro driver to Parisian. “All we can say is that we feel the anger. And if we go on an indefinite strike, it could be complicated for the government. It will be up to the employees to decide,” said a source. FO union at Parisian.
Several tools are available on the Web to find out about upcoming traffic disruptions at RATP. To know the traffic status of the metro, RER, bus, tram in real time, with the stations possibly closed today, consult theRATP traffic information. For the RER, you can also follow the Twitter accounts @RERA, @RERB, @RERC, @RERD Where @RERE. To monitor train traffic in real time, visit the Transilien.