- The National Federation of ports and docks CGT calls this Thursday to a new blocking of the seven major seaports of the metropolis.
- Dock workers and port agents are not on specific claims and ask, "like other employees", the withdrawal of the law on pension reform.
For the fifth day, since December 5, they are at the rendezvous of the mobilization against the pension reform. From Havre to Marseille, port agents and dockers from the seven major seaports intend to make their voices heard on Thursday, during the new “dead ports” day. "We are fighting like all other employees against a retirement project where we are losing all along the line," says Pascal Galéoté, CGT general secretary of the port in Marseille. "Many believe, and even politicians who come to see us, that we have a special regime like the railroad workers, this is not the case," he adds.
"We have a branch system," further clarifies Tony Hautbois, secretary general of the National Federation of CGT ports and docks behind the mobilization. This national agreement provides for three years in advance for strenuous work compared to the legal retirement age. In other words, instead of retiring at 62, dockers can assert their rights from 59, or even 57 in the event of early retirement. "Each time the government raises the legal age, it directly impacts us," explains Tony Hautbois, before adding to remove any ambiguity: "We are absolutely not on specific claims. We are against the law, we are asking for its withdrawal. "
"We are not going to let ourselves be bought on the arduousness"
"We managed to get these three years in terms of arduousness after a long negotiation, recalls Pascal Galéoté. This measure is funded by employers, after which we fall back into the general scheme. In addition, professional dockworkers and port personnel handling cargo can, in major ports, ask their health insurance fund to benefit from the asbestos early retirement scheme. "This does not concern small ports like Bayonne or Lorient, nor the young generation which nevertheless continues to be exposed to risks", nuance Tony Hautbois.
He recalls the working conditions of trades which have certainly changed but remain in many respects difficult: “We are exposed to multiple risk factors. Occupational medicine experts say that the life expectancy of dockworkers is shortened by 7 to 8 years compared to the national average. Even if we unload wheat for example, we are confronted with pesticides. A dock worker only knows his hours the day before for the next day. A port is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. ”
"Accidents at work are often fatal", also recalls Pascal Galéoté, who does not mean "to be bought by government proposals on arduousness". And is campaigning to "further harden the movement" in the major seaports, which employ 12,000 to 13,000 people, including 4,000 professional dockers and 1,000 occasional dockers. "We are in this perspective, it is the only thing that the government hears. "
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