STRIKE. A national and interprofessional strike is organized on Thursday January 27, 2022 throughout France. Schools and transport should be impacted.
This time, teachers will not be the only ones to take to the streets to demonstrate. Thursday January 27, 2022, a call for a strike, national and interprofessional, was launched by most trade union organizations “to demand wage increases and defend jobs and working conditions” indicates the joint press release to the CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, Fidl and MNL. All sectors of activity are therefore called upon to take to the streets, the unions pointing the finger at “the social and economic context, the increases in basic necessities, energy and food and, finally, the cost of life for all, young people, working people, job seekers and retirees”.
The increase in the index point (which makes it possible to calculate the gross salary of a civil servant), the Smic or even retirement pensions is requested. The challenge to the maintenance of the unemployment insurance reform is also in the sights of organizations which judge that it “will have the consequence of locking too many employees into low-wage jobs, part-time or on fixed-term contracts” . On the other hand, the CFDT will not participate. Laurent Berger, general secretary of the union, indicated on France infoMonday, January 24, wanting to “favor sectoral mobilizations”.
National Education mobilized for the strike of January 27
National Education teachers will therefore be there. Several organizations (CGT, FO, FSU, Sud-Solidaires or even the FCPE in particular) are calling for demonstrations to demand “an immediate increase in wages, in particular by significantly increasing the value of the index point; immediate recruitment and level of the needs of staff under status in schools, establishments and services; all the creation of classes, hours and positions necessary during future school mapping operations; real protective measures for staff and students ; real measures to get out of precariousness for AED and AESH concerning employment and salary conditions”.
What will be the mobilization within the staff? If on January 13, 38.4% of strikers had been identified in the first degree by the Ministry of the Interior (75% according to the unions) and 23.7% in the secondary (62%), the day of protest of the January 20 had been radically less followed with less than 2% of strikers.
SNCF, RATP… Transport affected by the January 27 strike?
Beyond schools, several strike notices have been filed in the transport sector. In Paris and Île-de-France, the RER network will be mainly disrupted on the RER B with 1 train out of 3 to the north and 2 trains out of 3 to the south. The RER A, C, D and E will also be impacted, as will the Transilien H, J and L (see below).
On the SNCF side, the CGT and Sud-Rail railway unions have filed a national strike notice. Presumably, the TGVs will not be affected by the strike. On the other hand, on the TER side, the trains circulating in Normandy will experience disruptions. The Paris – Argentan – Granville lines; Caen – Le Mans – Tours and Caen – Granville – Rennes are concerned.
On the Nice side (Alpes-Maritimes), the tram network will not work. Lines L1, L2 and L3 will be at a standstill and bus lines will be disrupted. “The call is individual but it is very likely that it will be very followed”, warns Stéphane Scie (Departmental Union CGT 06) toNews Nice. The public transport network of Grenoble (Isère) should also be affected, the inter-union of the M’TaG network inviting “all M’TAG employees to go on strike and come and participate in the demonstration which will start from the station at 10 a.m. hours”, as reported The Dauphine.
The January 27 strike followed in Paris, Nice, Lille, Bordeaux…
If questions hover over the mobilization that this interprofessional call for a general strike will experience, the fact remains that the local federations of the various trade union organizations have been active in recent days to organize the protest. Thus, processions should parade in many cities in France, in Paris, of course, but also in the region, near Nice, Lille or Bordeaux.
Like always, Paris should be the city in which the most protesters gather to try to be heard. A gathering is planned from 12 p.m. Place de la Bastille, before the procession leaves at 2 p.m. for Bercy.
AT Nice, a rally is also planned as part of the call for an interprofessional strike. The trade unions have planned a regrouping of demonstrators from 10:30 a.m. at the Théâtre de Verdure, on the Promenade des Anglais, before the departure of the procession.
On the side of Lille, a first gathering is scheduled for 10 a.m. in front of the Hôtel de Région, then a demonstration will leave at 2.30 p.m. from Porte de Paris. On the other hand, no disruption is to be expected on the metro, tram and bus network, as learned Lille News with Ilévia, the manager. On the other hand, schools should be very disrupted.
For Bordeaux, little information has, for the time being, circulated concerning a mobilization in the prefecture of the Gironde. It should be noted, however, that a rally is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. Place de la République.