Gabriel Bruno 2:04 p.m., January 18, 2023
Between 550,000 and 750,000 people are expected in the streets everywhere in France this Thursday to protest against the pension reform.
The Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary union, predicts that 70% of primary school teachers will be on strike.
A major movement that forces parents to reorganize.
The strike movement against the pension reform promises to be very popular on Thursday.
In National Education, seven out of ten primary school teachers should be on strike.
For parents whose children cannot yet wait alone at home, there is no other choice than to quickly find a childcare solution.
Europe 1 went to meet these parents who are looking for all possible means to manage this Thursday without school.
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"We don't have much choice"
Maria, mother of a boy in fourth grade, will not send her child to college on Thursday.
"He won't come because I don't want to put my child in a difficult situation since we don't know if there are no teachers. Already, there is no transport so it's complicated [seen] we live at Porte Saint Cloud", explains Maria, her mother.
Normally, his son takes half an hour to reach his establishment.
Maria will therefore keep the children at home in the morning and in the afternoon, the father, a striker at the RATP, will take over.
The day promises to be just as difficult for parents of younger children since some nursery staff will also be on strike.
"We don't have so much choice, we're going to telecommute, we're going to do what we can. It gives a particular organization but we have to adapt," says Alexandre, father of two girls aged eight. months and two and a half years.
Alexandre and his partner will both be working from home on Thursday.