Part of public transport and schools will be disrupted on Thursday at the call of thea CGT and the Union Syndicale Solidaires. This is the first major day of mobilization since the start of the school year. On the CGT side, there are many demands: retirement at 60, the minimum wage at 2,000 euros, salary increases in the face of galloping inflation… The Union Syndicale Solidaires is calling for salary increases in the public service, the opening of the RSA for under 25s and “stopping the breakage of public services”.
Which train lines are likely to be disrupted? How much should schools, colleges and high schools be affected? Franceinfo lists the services concerned by this interprofessional strike.
The majority of public transport concerned, except the Paris metro
Regional trains, TGV, city buses… It will be more difficult to use public transport on Thursday. On its site, the SNCF warns that the circulation of TGV Inoui, Ouigo and TER trains will be disrupted on certain lines, from Wednesday 7 p.m. to Friday 8 a.m. The alert also applies to Ile-de-France for part of the RER and Transilien (RER B, C, D, lines H, J, N, R). The SNCF specifies that travelers holding tickets with reservation will be contacted by SMS or email and “informed of the trade measures specific to [leur] journey specific to each carrier”.
Some regions have already released TER traffic estimates. Only 40% of TERs will, for example, be maintained in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, warns The Voice of the North. In Normandy, only one in four trains should run. All information relating to the strike is available in advance on the sites of the regional TER and urban transport networks.
The only exception: the Paris metro. On its site, the RATP promises normal traffic on Thursday. On the other hand, two out of three buses should run, while tram traffic will be “slightly disturbed” (nine trams out of ten, but one tram out of two for line T3A).
The mobilization should be “well monitored”, warn the teachers’ unions
While it is difficult to estimate the proportion of striking teachers, a major walkout is to be expected, suggests the Snuipp-FSU, first union in the first degree. Teachers working in nursery and elementary schools are required to declare themselves strikers 48 hours before D-Day, and the parents concerned are normally notified. This is not the case in the secondary (middle school, high school), where the strike should be “well followed”, we know at Snes-FSU, majority in the second degree.
A minimum reception service is provided for children in kindergarten and elementary school, as soon as there are more than 25% of teachers on strike in the school. But beware, such a device assumes – eit’s not always the case – that the municipality has enough trained staff to take care of the children. Nothing is planned for students at higher levels.
Events planned across the country
To these disturbed lines and these closed classes will be added parades in all the major French cities. On its site, the CGT has published an interactive map showing nearly a hundred gatherings. Lille city center should be disrupted from 2:30 p.m. Other events are planned from 11 a.m. in Rennes, 11.30 a.m. in Bordeaux and 2 p.m. in Lyon. Gatherings will also take place in Fort-de-France (Martinique) as well as in Saint-Denis de La Réunion. In Paris, a procession will set off at 2 p.m. from Place Denfert-Rochereau.