Unions and management failed to reach an agreement to adapt the working conditions of the 18,000 machinists to the opening up to competition.
Monday hassle in perspective for Ile-de-France users of buses and trams. Traffic should be severely disrupted from May 23 to 25, following a strike call launched by the main unions (CGT, FO, Unsa). They are protesting against the new working conditions to which the 18,000 machinists of the “surface networkof the RATP, as part of the opening up to competition.
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“The RATP currently forecasts highly disrupted traffic on the Bus and Tramway networks, with 60% of traffic ensured on average for the day of Monday, May 23“, she said in a press release. The RATP thus provides for 3 trams out of 5 on average during peak hours; as well as 2 out of 3 buses, with the interruption of certain lines. More precise information will be communicated on Sunday from 5 p.m. on the RATP website. Good news however, the metro and RER networks are not affected by this notice.
Arrival of the competition
Originally, the objective was to change the current rules so that from January 1, 2025, all bus and tram drivers will be transferred to RATP subsidiaries, or competitors who have won the tenders launched by the regional transport authority, Île-de-France Mobilités. On this date, theterritorial social framework(CST) will impose the same rules of organization and working hours on all companies. Less advantageous rules than those currently guaranteed by the RATP.
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A draft agreement had been proposed to the unions on April 4, providing for an increase in working time of 120 hours per year – including the elimination of six days of RTT – in exchange for a salary increase of 2,600 euros gross annually, is the equivalent of a 14th month. None of the four representative trade union organizations (CGT, FO, Unsa, CFE-CGC) agreed to sign. RATP management has therefore taken the unilateral decision that from July 1, 2022, working time will be increased by around twenty hours per year against a gross increase of 460 euros, the maximum that management can impose. unilaterally. Indeed, only a negotiation could have made it possible to eliminate rest days and therefore to increase more widely the annual working time as well as the wages.