STRIKE RATP. On Friday March 25, 2022, metros, RER A and B, buses and trams are expected to encounter disruptions due to a possibly unlimited strike by RATP agents. What traffic forecast?
[Mis à jour le 23 mars 2022 à 11h25] A strike is announced on the Parisian transport network (RATP) this Friday, March 25, 2022. After the black day of February 18, the RATP unions (CGT RATP, FO-RATP, Solidaires RATP, UNSA RATP, CFE-CGC Groupe RATP, La Base groupe RATP) continue the mobilization in the metros and RER A and RER B managed by the RATP to obtain a general increase in wages. “Today, RATP’s economic and financial indicators are green. Agents do not accept that their budget is in the red, adding to the anxiety-provoking climate of the opening up to competition and the profound transformations of the company” explains the delegate of the CGT RATP Bertrand Hammache, in a letter to the president Catherine Guillouard relayed by The Parisian.
Strike notice at the RATP for Friday March 25.
The previous one, on February 18, had been extremely well attended, with a minimum service that had not been maintained on many lines.
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The agents of the buses and trams, “the surface networks”, will be massively mobilized, protesting against the consequences of the opening to competition of the RATP bus network from 2025. The UNSA, the CGT, FO , SAT and CFDT denounce in a joint press release these “company agreements” and “the contemptuous attitude of management in the face” of “claims for wage increases”. Traffic forecasts will be announced here this Wednesday around 5 p.m.
VSThis strike of March 25 could be unlimited, specifies the FO-Groupe RATP union, majority among metro drivers, in a communicated : “Without major inflection of the company, March 25 will mark the beginning of a long and hard action for the public service”. “The form that the movement should take and the question of an indefinite strike will be discussed in the coming weeks with the employees and not decreed by the trade unions beforehand”, had warned however the general secretary of the CGT-RATP.
The unions continue to demand a salary increase and believe that they have not won their case since February 18, the day of their previous mobilization, but also the first day of the annual salary negotiations within the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens. “Discussions are at a standstill. Management is irresponsible,” they lamented on February 18 after discussions with management. “Following the day of the 18th, when there were a lot of strikers, the management did not review its proposal”, had commented the metro driver of line 5 and member of the FO-RATP union Bastien Berthier, with of BFM Paris. “We are revolted by the contempt, all the unions agree. Today, that leaves management a month to review its copy and receive us”.
The trade unions dispute, with regard to inflation, a proposal for a salary increase from the management which is much too low, amounting to 0.4%. Ia CGT has demanded a 3% increase per year over the next 3 years. “The purchasing power of employees has melted in 10 years” protested Arole Lamasse, secretary general of UNSA-RATP, to Le Figaro. “Now we see young recruits leaving after three months because they will earn more at McDonald’s”… For its part, the management of the RATP specified that the annual negotiations were “finished”.
Friday, February 18, the representative of the SUD Rail union Fabien Villedieu had declared at the microphone of RMC that the strikes would stop “from the moment we listen to the employees”. “There is a cold anger that is rising”, he added about “all the employees who were called second line employees, who were applauded a little in 2020, who were almost considered as heroes and who today feel like zeros”.
This Friday, March 25, 2022, “the entire Paris transport network should be shut down by the double mobilization of RATP agents. Indeed, the strike still promises to be very strong in the metro part of the RATP and could become so among bus and tram drivers”. Disruptions will be announced at least 48 hours in advance here. Stay connected!
- Metro disruptions : this Friday, March 25, 2022, we will probably have to expect closed stations and metros running only during rush hours. Only automatic lines 1 and 14 will probably run normally, but beware of the risk of saturation. Disruptions will be announced in a few hours here.
- RER disruptions : Friday March 25, 2022, only RER A and B should be affected by disruptions because RER C, D and E, managed by SNCF, are not affected by this strike. The announcement of the disturbances will not be long in coming.
- Bus disruptions : bus traffic should be disrupted this Friday, March 25, 2022. The disruptions will be announced here.
- Tram disruptions : Tram traffic should be disrupted, except for T4 and T11 managed by SNCF, this Friday, March 25, 2022. Stay tuned, the disruptions will soon end.
RATP strike: where to consult real-time traffic forecasts?
Several tools are available on the Web to find out about upcoming traffic disruptions. To know the state of RATP traffic (metro, RER, bus, tram in real time), consult this page. 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.