No respite provided for rail users. While the strikers, mobilized against the pension reform indeed want to "keep the flame" during the holidays, the government must announce, Monday, December 23, the schedule of negotiations it plans for January.
Strike in transport, day 19. After a complicated weekend of vacation leave for travelers, SNCF anticipates traffic "still highly disrupted" on Monday. Only 40% of TGV and TER will be in circulation, 20% of Transilien (RER SNCF and suburban trains) and a quarter of Intercités.
In Île-de-France, the "improvement" promised by the RATP remains minimal. Six of the 16 metro lines remain closed. Operation is normal only for the two automated lines, and the RER A and B traffic is always confined to peak hours.
For some users, waking up will be at least as difficult as getting to work. Tuesday, Christmas Eve, the Transiliens will gradually stop running from 6 p.m. until at least Wednesday afternoon, warned the SNCF.
"Celebrating Christmas among strikers"
The suspension of the movement is therefore still not on the program. No offense to Emmanuel Macron, out of his silence, Saturday, from Abidjan to remind the strikers that it is "good to know how to break" and invoke their "spirit of responsibility".
Laurent Pietraszewski, new Secretary of State for Pensions, hit the nail the next day, believing that the proposals put on the table at the SNCF and the RATP - concerning the progressivity of the reduction in the retirement age or the level of pensions - "must allow to return to work".
Unions disagree. The CGT and CFDT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail, in particular plan "actions" on December 28, just like certain activists of Unsa rail, despite the call for a "break" from their federal office.
"A whole series of initiatives to celebrate Christmas between strikers" are planned "Monday and Tuesday," said Laurent Brun, secretary general of the CGT-Cheminots, referring to a concert at Austerlitz, meals at the station and gatherings in front of town halls. or LREM offices.
Meetings with social partners
New "Monsieur Retraites" of the government, Laurent Pietraszewski must present "Monday a program and a calendar of concertation", with meetings with the social partners at the beginning of January, the project being expected in the Council of Ministers on the 22nd. He has already recalled the plan to replace the 42 existing pension plans with a "universal point system", the government ruling out going back on the "abolition of special plans".
However, failing to be able to satisfy the CGT and FO, who called for a new day of mobilization on January 9, it will be necessary to drop ballast for the attention of the unions favorable to the reform, like the CFTC and the 'Unsa, but especially the CFDT.
But the Secretary of State for Pensions immediately dismissed some of their demands, such as taking into account certain hardship factors, including the carrying of heavy loads. "I tell him we are going to discuss it," said Unsa negotiator Dominique Corona.
Red line for reformers, the pivotal age set at 64 with a bonus-penalty, will be a crucial point in the debates.
With AFP
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