the CGT threatens to file strike notices and demands “immediate measures” from the government

Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, was the guest of franceinfo this Thursday.

“The government must take stock of the social challenge of the Games and make appropriate decisions.“, alerted, Thursday March 7, on franceinfo the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet, who maintains the pressure on the government, requesting a meeting in Matignon to “that the games are prepared from a social point of view“. The leader of the CGT confirmed that the threat of filing strike notices in the three public services at the beginning of April was still current. These notices will cover the period of the Olympic Games, from July 26 to August 11 .

“We’ve been repeating the same thing for months and no one cares. It’s starting to get very tiring“, she lamented. “What we want is for the government to take immediate measures to ensure the success of the games for which the CGT has been working for years“, she underlined, recalling that “hundreds of thousands of workers” will be “hit” by the Olympics.

“Our warnings must be heard”

“First of all, those who will have to work much more than usual with overtime and paid leave that they will not be able to take. And so for these, we ask what are the social conditions of this work, how are we going to accommodate all the workers who will have to come to Île-de-France for the Olympics?“, asked Sophie Binet. “Finally, our warnings must be heard and the games must be prepared from a social point of view“, she adds.

The number one of the CGT sounded the alarm regarding the situation in hospitals in Île-de-France. “We are being told of an influx of millions of visitors to Paris and there are no additional resources for Ile-de-France hospitals.“, she pointed. “We are very, very, very worried“, she said. “We need a very rapid recruitment plan now, with adequate staff to be able to ensure this additional activity which will be significant“, asked the union leader who is calling for the organization of a meeting in Matignon soon.

In particular, in the eye of the viewfinder, the bonuses granted to police officers and gendarmes of up to 1,900 euros announced by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin at the end of January. “Why is it the police? Couldn’t the other officials have it?“, she castigated.

At the end of February, the president of the organizing committee for the Olympic Games (Cojo), Tony Estanguet called for a “Olympic social truce” For “don’t spoil the party”. For his part, the Minister of Transport Patrice Vergriete assured that he was “absolutely not” worried about the possibility of a strike in public transport during the Paris Olympic Games, despite the notice already filed by the RATP for this period.