According to the union, government responses on the ground to the Covid-19 crisis have failed, the General Federation of FO civil servants (FGF-FO, State) announced on Tuesday that they had filed a complaint against X with the Paris Court of Justice for in danger of the life of others and failure to fight a disaster.
“This complaint sums up this quinquennium of total absence of social dialogue. The government leaves us no choice, ”said Christian Grolier, secretary general of FO Civil Service.
Union denounces "state lie by omission"
The FO federation of public and health services (Hospital and territorial) also lodged a complaint against X with the same court on March 31 for "deliberately endangering the life of others", "voluntary abstention from taking measures aimed at fight a disaster "," manslaughter "and" involuntary violence ", said its secretary general Didier Birig.
This official speaks of "state lie by omission" and "governmental omerta". "Social dialogue is nonexistent, we are very afraid because nothing is prepared for deconfinement, there is no directive, no guarantee of obtaining means of protection, only the economy prevails, it is distressing" he said. The complaint of his federation also aims to "obtain a compensation fund for hospital workers victims of Covid-19 and their dependents".
Safety of public officials not guaranteed
“From the start of this health crisis, all the French media without exception relayed government positions extolling the merits of civil servants and public agents, their courage, their abnegation and their sense of public service. In the public service of the State, police, customs, penitentiaries, teachers, and many other bodies of the public service continue their missions and are in contact with users, "recalls the FGF-FO for its part in a press release.
However, she deplores, "despite repeated requests (...) no one in the government has been able to genuinely ensure their safety or guarantee the distribution of protective equipment (gloves, masks, gel, etc) in due time ”.
Questioning of paid holidays and RTT
“No answer either on the compulsory screening of agents required to go to their place of work, any more than on the number of agents contaminated or unfortunately deceased. The same uncertainties weigh on the recognition of service accountability and classification as an occupational disease, ”she adds.
It also deplores the fact that civil servants and public officials have seen "their working hours called into question, days of leave and RTT imposed, and pressure not to exercise their right of withdrawal". An ordinance obliging state officials and territorial agents to ask for RTT days and annual holidays during the Covid-19 crisis, was published on April 16 in the Official Journal.
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