STRIKE RATP. The month of January 2023 will not be easy for users of the Parisian metros and RERs. The RATP unions are calling for a new mobilization around January 10.
[Mis à jour le 16 décembre 2022 à 15h56] After the strike that paralyzed half of the Paris metro on November 10, the CGT, FO, Unsa and La Base de la RATP unions called for “continuing and hardening the strike movement from January 2023”. The reasons ? “Our trade unions note that our demands (statutory upgrading, upgrading of the workforce, etc.) have not been heard”, denounces the inter-union in a press release, disappointed by the meeting of the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO) which s is held on December 9.
In addition, the unions have also planned to mobilize against the increase in the legal retirement age as part of the government’s plan to reform pensions. In the meantime, at the beginning of January, the unions should begin discussions with RATP management on salary increases for the year 2023. But agreements may be difficult to obtain, especially among RATP drivers. .. “A metro driver works four weekends out of six, he suffers from pollution which is two to three times higher underground than outside, we work staggered, early in the morning, and we live less healthy than the average Frenchman”, testified Bastien Berthier, secretary of the FO-RATP traction pole, during the strike of November 10 (comments reported by La Tribune).
When will the next RATP strike take place?
According to a union source, the date of the future strike was to take place “around January 10, 2023day of the presentation by the government of the pension reform project “against which all the unions plan to mobilize in the event of a decline in the legal age”, according to comments reported by The Parisian.
Where can I follow RATP traffic information?
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.