The FO transport federation on Tuesday called for measures "written into law" to protect "all public transport agents" against attacks, such as "the installation of anti-aggression windows in all vehicles".
Since the death, at the beginning of July in Bayonne, of a bus driver beaten by two men whom he had asked to wear a mask, “no national plan has been programmed or discussed with social partners to fight (the ) scourge "of" acts of aggression and insecurity suffered by employees "and" finding solutions ", denounces FO.
"The situation is deteriorating"
However, "the increase in acts of violence observed shows us that the situation is deteriorating and that it is urgent to act without waiting for a new tragedy to occur", worries the union in its press release. Alarmed by a "negative evolution" in security on "urban and interurban public transport networks", FO notes "significant disparities" according to the networks in terms of "means of protection" for employees.
The union is calling for the installation "in all public transport vehicles" of a "high-performance voice and localization system", as well as a "distress / emergency call" device.
"Police intervention brigades assigned to transport"
It also asks for the installation of "a video protection system making it possible to film and record the perpetrators". He also wants "the creation of police intervention brigades assigned to transport throughout the territory".
"We ask the public authorities to assume their share of responsibility by including in the law means of protection for all public transport agents", explains FO, who wants "the holding of an extraordinary meeting of the National Joint Commission monitoring security issues ”.
In addition, the union calls for "the modification of the urban transport safety agreement and the establishment of a safety agreement in road passenger transport".
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