after a record day of mobilization, the unions will demonstrate again on February 7 and 11

For this second day of mobilization, more people in the street but fewer strikers

In several public and private sectors, the strikers were fewer on Tuesday than during the first day of mobilization against the government’s pension reform, on January 19. The mobilization in the street, however, exceeded that which preceded it.

Teachers’ unions have counted at least 50% of strikers among teachers, from kindergarten to high school. The ministry for its part announced a rate of striking teachers of 25.92%, figures well below the mobilization of January 19 (38.5%).

On the student side, rallies took place on Tuesday morning, as on the Saint-Charles site of Aix-Marseille University. Sciences Po Paris was occupied during the night by about fifty students who emptied the premises in the morning.

At airports, it was mainly the air traffic controllers’ strike that caused disruptions and delays. The cancellation of one in five flights was requested from Paris-Orly by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to match the available staff and the expected traffic. In Nice, 18 rotations were canceled out of 90.

In the track, more than a third of railway workers (36.5%) went on strike according to a union source, less than on January 19 (46.3%). But 75% of the SNCF trains planned outside Ile-de-France have been canceled, i.e. 423 TGV out of 650 (65%) and 6,706 TER out of 8,901 (75%). In Ile-de-France, the suburbs were practically not served with one train out of ten, on average, on lines C, D, E, J, L, N, P and R which, for the most part between them, only operated at peak times and/or on part of their route.

In public transports, traffic was very disrupted, particularly in the Paris metro, where only automatic lines 1 and 14 ran normally, while bus and tram service was 80% assured. Disturbances also affected the Lyon metro, the trams of Bordeaux, the buses of Rennes. In Marseille, one of the two metro lines and one of the three tram lines were at a standstill, the others slowed down. In Nice, no tram has circulated, as well as 25 bus lines. In Corsica, several sea crossings between the island and Marseille have been postponed to Wednesday.

  • Civil service and private sector

According to the Ministry of Public Service, there were 19.4% of strikers among state officials, against 28% twelve days ago. Town halls, like that of Paris, have kept their doors closed. The communist town halls of Vénissieux (Rhône), Echirolles (Isère) or Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) have closed for half a day.

At La Poste, 8.79% of employees were on strike, according to management, against 14.64% the last time.

The mobilization remained strong in the refineries and fuel depots of TotalEnergies which had 75 to 100% of strikers, according to the CGT. The management of the group estimates for its part that the rate of strikers amounted to 55%, against 65% on January 19.

On the electricity side, mobilization was down slightly. The management of Engie identified 34.3% of strikers and that of EDF 46.5% at the end of the day, against 50% on January 19. Shift teams deprived the company of part of its electricity production, with a loss of power of up to 5 gigawatts in the second part of the day (the equivalent of five nuclear reactors), according to RTE. Another three-day strike will take place in refineries and the rest of the energy sector on February 6, 7 and 8, at the call of the CGT. In Vienne, actions ” Robin Hood “ to reconnect electricity to cut homes were claimed by the CGT.

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