STRIKE RATP. This Thursday, January 19, metro and RER will suffer major disruptions due to a first day of strike against the pension reform at the RATP. Are we heading towards a renewable strike in Ile-de-France transport?
[Mis à jour le 18 janvier 2023 à 14h16] The RATP unions (CGT, FO, CFE-CGC and Unsa) have called for a one-day strike against the pension reform this Thursday, January 19, 2023, hoping that it “gives the start of a powerful mobilization on pensions in the time”. Indeed, the special pension scheme for some 40,000 staff of the RATP is threatened, which represents 93% of the workforce. As a result, Thursday January 19, 2023 will be a dark day on the Ile-de-France network, with very disrupted metros, including 3 lines completely shut down.
This mobilization of Thursday, January 19, which inevitably reminds us of the one that had paralyzed the rails for two months 3 years ago, during the first mobilization against the pension reform. As a reminder, in 2019, 11 metro lines were closed and one train in ten ran on average on the other lines. If the CGT, the majority union representing 35% of the employees of the Autonomous Paris Transport Authority, calls on the RATP agents to strike only this Thursday, January 19, all the unions will meet after this first act of strike to follow up or not. to mobilization. Discover in detail the traffic forecasts in our article below:
How to know the disruptions of the RATP in real time?
To know the traffic status of the metro, RER, bus, tram in real time on Thursday January 19, 2023 (with the stations possibly closed), you will have to consult theRATP traffic information. For the RER, you can also follow the Twitter accounts @RERA, @RERB, @RERC, @RERD Where @RERE. To follow the traffic of the suburban trains (transiliens or RER) in real time, it will be necessary to consult the site of the Transilien.