Four unions in the vast branch of road transport and logistics are calling on employees to strike on December 16 to demand better working conditions and wages, AFP learned on Monday.
"Actions in the form of rallies, blockages or other, will take place in all regions of France," announced in a leaflet the UFR-CFDT, the first union branch.
The CFDT denounces "wages that are struggling to be revalued"
"At a time when the profession is at its worst with a shortage of 50,000 employees (...), where the social dialogue is struggling to settle in companies", and facing "working conditions that lead to the recrudescence sick leave "for" wages that are difficult to be upgraded ", the CFDT Route calls for mobilization. It calls in particular "the establishment of a 13th month conventional, real revalorizations salary grids, improved working conditions".
The unions FO (3rd), CFTC (4th) and CGC (5th) of the sector join this call. "A common notice has been filed," said AFB Thierry Douine, CFTC, stating that the concrete means of action were still to be decided.
The CGT, the second organization in this branch of goods transport, inter-city passenger transport, movers, ambulances, cash and logistics, does not join the movement, according to several union sources.
"There is a huge tension in the profession"
"We want to challenge the professional organizations" with which negotiations are suspended, says Charles Morit, UFR-CFDT. "There is a huge tension in the profession and we do not want to improve the social conditions", despite a "monstrous difficulty that develops in logistics", denounces his side Thierry Douine, CFTC.
These unions are also worried about the end of activity leave (CFA), which the state wants renegotiated by the social partners. It is a system financed by both the State and employer and employee contributions, allowing drivers with a certain seniority to retire five years before the legal age. "We do not want professional organizations to denounce it by invoking the tensions on employment," said Thierry Douine.