Several hundred RATP agents gathered Friday at the company's headquarters to protest "all together" against the pension reform and the disappearance of their special regime, while the traffic was very disrupted by a massive strike, a noted an AFP journalist.
Never seen for twelve years
At the call of several unions, including the three representative organizations Unsa, CGT and CFE-CGC, employees whistled copiously at the passage of buses that rolled despite the strike in front of the headquarters. Inside the building, the union leaders have greeted the microphone the extent of mobilization, a level never seen since 2007.
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"This is a success, the strength of this mobilization shows that this pension plan is at the heart of our social contract (...) At the RATP, it is a deal between the new hired and the company" , said Thierry Babec of Unsa.
The special pension scheme, "it is deferred salary" to compensate for "constraints and constraints," he added, arguing for "a convergence" of actions "with all those living the constraints of transport, the truck drivers, the railwaymen ".
"The pension plan by points will be deadly"
For Bertrand Hammache of the CGT, "the users understood that there was a mobilization of general interest". "We defend our rights, not privileges (...) The pension plan points will be deadly," he said.
Fabrice Ruiz of the CFE-CGC congratulated AFP on this "strong mobilization, including in the management". Overall, "the rate of strikers is estimated between 60% and 98% depending on the sectors," he said. The reform to establish a universal pension system "simplifies" but "is not fair (...) The collective has everything to lose", he said, wishing "a convergence of struggles, cohesion between all citizens ".
Coming to say "a big congratulations" to the strikers of the RATP, Fabien Villedieu, SUD-Rail union, launched the protesters "next time we must go together" on strike. "Unity in December," chanted the protesters in response.
Among these demonstrators, Cécile, 47, entered the RATP in 2013, "is not an employee with status but defends". Commercial for the bus business, this CGT activist found "a lot of concern" among colleagues. "I think the mobilization is strong because people are informed and worried," she said.