Laura Laplaud 09:11, February 13, 2023
The inter-union calls for a new day of demonstration and strike on February 16.
For some employees, this is not enough and evoke blockages like the airports of Paris-Orly and Toulouse blocked on Saturday due to a strike by air traffic controllers.
Since January 19, mass demonstrations against the pension reform have been linked in France during the examination of the text in the National Assembly.
Two new dates are planned: Thursday, February 16 and March 7.
To make themselves heard, the unions are increasingly talking about the possibility of hardening the movement, with renewable strikes or even blockades.
Should we also fear specific actions like at Paris-Orly airport or that of Toulouse blocked this Saturday due to a surprise strike by air traffic controllers?
And above all, should the right to strike be regulated?
"I'm not saying that we have to supervise, but I'm saying that we can undoubtedly reconcile the right to strike and the lives of users much better. A wildcat or surprise strike is not acceptable", declared the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, Clément Beaune, guest of Europe Matin on Monday.
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Without notice, air traffic controllers followed the call for mobilization against the pension reform and stopped work at Paris-Orly airport and Toulouse, leading to the cancellation of several flights.
The SNCF strike for the Christmas weekend had left many French people on the floor, recalls the Minister responsible for Transport, specifying several ways to avoid this kind of situation.
"I have already asked the big public companies, the SNCF, the RATP, to better plan what we call their transport plan. Concretely, to mobilize people, to have volunteer agents, so that there is as many trains, buses and subways as possible when there is a strike."