STRIKE RATP. RATP traffic was very disrupted this Thursday, January 19, due to a strike against the pension reform. If the company expects a return to normal on Friday, new strikes could take place in the coming days.
[Mis à jour le 19 janvier 2023 à 23h51] Although many RATP users favored teleworking so as not to have to face traffic disruptions due to the strike movement against the pension reform on Thursday, January 19, others had to face a dark day on the Ile-de-France network. The unions of the RATP (CGT, FO, CFE-CGC and Unsa) had indeed called for a day of strike this Thursday, responding to the call for the interprofessional strike of the intersyndicale. The circulation of the metros was therefore very disrupted, with in particular three lines completely at a standstill and ten others circulating only at rush hour.
If the RATP plans a return to normal for Friday January 20, the company’s union strike notice ending Friday at 8 a.m., some users coming from the Paris suburbs will nevertheless encounter difficulties, due to traffic disruptions SNCF. SNCF is thus planning one out of two trains in circulation for RER C, two out of three on lines D, H, N and U, and 90% of the usual traffic on line E. Traffic should however return to normal on the lines A, B, J, K, L, P and R. The SNCF explained that these disturbances resulted from “local social movements”, according to information reported by the Huffington Post.
Towards a continuation of the strike movement?
The question now arises of the continuation of the movement at the RATP. The intersyndicale (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA, Solidaires, FSU) called for a new day of mobilization against the pension reform on Tuesday, January 31, but also for new strikes “around of January 23”, according to information from BFM TV. The RATP unions have so far not reacted to these calls from the inter-union, but they are already thinking about how to continue the strike movement. “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.