Truck drivers, delivery men and paramedics have been setting up since Monday, June 27 in the morning of filter barriers at the entrance to several industrial areas in France, at the call of the unions who are demanding wage increases to deal with inflation. All road transport professionals, which includes truck drivers, coach drivers, ambulance attendants or long-distance carriers, are called to strike by an inter-union composed of the CGT, the CFDT, FO, the CFTC and the CFE -CGC. franceinfo takes stock of the mobilization.
Brittany, Pays de la Loire
In Châteaubourg (Ille-et-Vilaine),When around 100 drivers and 150 trucks had been blocking traffic on the N157 since the start of the morning, they were ordered to evacuate around 11 a.m., because a person with respiratory failure was in the stopped cars by the demonstration, report France Bleu Armorique and France Bleu Mayenne. At midday, the truckers left their blocking point in Châteaubourg, about twenty kilometers east of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine. The movement had created a huge traffic jam on the N157 between Vitré and Rennes. There was more than 1h30 delay on the duration of the course.
Centre-Loire Valley
A filtering dam was set up on Monday morning in the industrial area of Pôle 45, in Ormes, north of Orléans (Loiret), imposing traffic on the sparingly. Only the trucks had to be stopped, explains France Bleu Orléans, but it was ultimately all the vehicles that were temporarily stopped. The operation started at 7 am, and it was scheduled for the whole morning.
Great East
Nearly 80 truck drivers, from all sectors, were mobilized Monday morning in Moncel-lès-Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), reports France Bleu Sud-Lorraine. They have been blocking the entry of trucks to the Mondon activity zone, at the Betaigne roundabout, since 4:30 a.m.
Hauts-de-France
Two filtering dams have been set up at the entrance to two major logistics activity zones, one at the exit from Lille (Nord) and the other near Arras (Pas-de-Calais) causing large queues of vehicles at rush hour. The Lille metropolis was affected by the movement of truck drivers who occupied the Lesquin Regional Transport Center (CRT), between the A1 and the A23, reports France Bleu Nord. They denounce too low wages and the lack of manpower. The prefecture has closed interchange number 1 which allows access to the CRT via the A23 in the Lille-Valenciennes direction to relieve traffic. The school transport network is also disrupted, particularly in Cambrésis and near Boulogne.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In Miramas (Bouches-du-Rhône), truck drivers occupied the industrial zone of Clésud from 4:30 a.m. to express their dissatisfaction, reports France Bleu Provence. Carriers blocked heavy goods vehicles wishing to enter and exit. On the other hand, the cars could circulate on the ways which skirt the sector. At the call of several unions, delivery men, ambulance drivers, bus drivers also mobilized to demand wage increases in the face of inflation.