A little respite for the government.

The prospect of a major social movement is ruled out for the end of the year.

But in multiple sectors, the unions are preparing to respond strongly to the pension reform that the executive plans to present on January 10.

“There are already notices which are filed for the month of January in the professions where it is compulsory”, warned on France Info the secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez.

We take stock of a few emblematic sectors.



Transport: "tighten the movement" in 2023

The Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune, wanted to be "reassuring" on Thursday, saying that "most of the service will be provided" for trains and planes at Christmas.

On the air transport side, Air France said last week that it was not considering “cancellations at this stage”, despite a strike notice from the Unac and Sngaf cabin crew unions for the period from December 22 to January 2.

Social conflicts have also been defused at Air Antilles, Air Guyane, Corsair and Easyjet.

At the SNCF, the first weekend of the holidays was slightly disrupted.

For the weekends of Christmas and New Year, the CGT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail are not calling for a strike by the controllers, even if the two unions allow their notice to run in order to give everyone the possibility of joining or no to the movement born outside any union framework.

The social movement should widen at the start of the school year, all of the RATP unions having called on Wednesday to “continue and harden the strike movement from January 2023”, around the question of wages but also pensions.

Energy: "the pension reform worries"

In the sector, the end of the year seems to be easing on the social front, but the unions could ring the mobilization again at the beginning of January, against the pension reform project which plans to tackle the special schemes for electricians and gas workers. .

“To be ready to mobilize if necessary, I filed a strike notice from December 19 until January 31, aimed at putting pressure on the government.

It would be totally irresponsible on their part to create the conditions for mobilization in a context of energy, economic and geopolitical crisis,” Amélie Henri, national secretary CFE-Unsa energies for EDF, the second-largest union in the energy sector, told AFP. electricity and gas industries.

For Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the FNME-CGT, “the pension reform worries a lot, and it is a big topic of conversation.

Very clearly, if there is the pension reform project, the CGT in energy will be opposite”.

Civil service: “massive mobilizations”

For civil servants, multiple reasons for dissatisfaction "should allow massive mobilizations", wants to believe Céline Verzeletti, general secretary of the CGT of State civil servants: from salaries to the increase in the retirement age of civil servants “active category” (police officers, firefighters, specialized nurses, etc.).

The French Hospital Federation (FHF) fears that the reform will revive the ardor of the battalions of nursing assistants, who currently benefit from retirement at 57 years old.

On the side of National Education, the first teachers' union, the FSU, calls for a day of mobilizations and demonstrations on January 17, for salaries, pensions and the withdrawal of the reform from the professional path.

Distribution: mobilization from December 22?

The movements are multiplying: in the months of November and December, walkouts punctuated the news of Conforama, Castorama, Cultura, Galeries Lafayette in Lyon and Paris, reminded AFP Audrey Ricci, deputy secretary of the federal section FEC-FO trade.

Go Sport, Pimkie and C&A could also soon be affected.

The unions are working on a possible mobilization on December 22 in Paris, without wanting to reveal the outlines.

Alongside Aldi employees on strike for wages, Amar Lagha, secretary general of the CGT Commerce and Services Federation, was upset on Thursday: with inflation, "there are mothers who no longer eat, workers who skip meals.

"There will also be people in the street" at the time of the pension reform, predicts Audrey Ricci.

“We cannot accept having employees who are out of breath, who have given everything during the pandemic and whom we want to make work longer, it is intolerable”.

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  • SNCF

  • CGT

  • Christmas

  • Inflation

  • Pension reform

  • Government

  • Strike