STRIKE RATP. On Tuesday January 31, 2023, the mobilization against the pension reform will continue in Ile-de-France transport, because the RATP unions are joining the interprofessional strike movement. Traffic forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 27 janvier 2023 à 16h36] The inter-union called for a new day of mobilization against the pension reform for the day of the Tuesday, January 31, 2023. The CGT-RATP called on “employees”, via its Facebook page, “to make January 31 a strong day of strikes and mobilizations, to demand that the government abandon its pension reform”.
“We affirm our determination to build a major movement with all the workers of the country”, also announced the representative organizations of the RATP which are the CGT, FO, l ‘Unsa and the CFE-CGC, about this day of January 31, in a joint press release. Will the strike at the RATP paralyze the public transport network (metro, bus, RER, tram) in Île-de-France on Tuesday January 31, 2023?
The RATP unions reacted to the call from the intersyndicale (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA, Solidaires, FSU), announcing, via a press release on Facebook, “make January 31 a strong day of strikes and mobilizations“. During this second act against the pension reform, users in the Ile-de-France region will once again have to adapt. The disruptions will be announced at least Monday January 30 in the evening by the management of the RATP.
The disturbances should be similar to those of January 19, when a dozen metro lines only ran during rush hours, and some were totally or partially stopped. guest of BFM-TV, the metro driver on line 5 and FO RATP delegate Bastien Berthier confirmed that “we will be on the same mobilization on January 31”. “It could be complicated for the Government,” warned the FO-RATP union in particular.
What follow-up will be given to the movement at the RATP, whose pension reform threatens newcomers? This mobilization inevitably reminds us of the strike which had paralyzed French rail for two months in 2019, during the first mobilization against the pension reform which had been aborted due to 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.
For the time being, the RATP intersyndicale has announced that it will meet “from February 1 to agree on the follow-up to be given” to the January 31 strike.. “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.