Toulouse: for the guardians of parks and gardens, the cup is full
The town hall must comply with the new provisions of labor law. The wardens of municipal parks and gardens request an exemption.
Who will watch the municipal parks and gardens The guards are ready to go on strike. The notice has been tabled. The reason for this discontent is the same as that of many services: the law on the transformation of the civil service which forces local authorities to make their agents work 1,607 hours per year (or 35 hours per week). Fixed or mobile, around forty ‘City officials request an exemption, because of the arduous nature of their duties, like municipal police officers or garbage collectors,
“Our work meets all the criteria that allow this law to be derogated from. We work at night, on public holidays, every other weekend… ”, indicates Jean-Christophe Béziat, general secretary of the Toulouse territorial union (STT 31), the majority among park and garden wardens. City officials hope to secure a meeting with the mayor in the coming days. Failing to obtain it, they will opt for a strike.
” That’s not all “
If the new provisions of labor law make the guardians of the parks and gardens of Toulouse cringe, other grievances are proposed. On so-called “Christian” holidays, exceptional agents can take a day off. “We allow certain religions to do it and others not, it’s inconsistent”, plague Jean-Christophe Béziat. More broadly, the irritating days off.
Tossed between weeks of 6 days and others of 4, the guards clap their fists and denounce a “ubiquitous” situation. “We must be able to pose weeks of 5 days. Or, in reality, the management asks us to ask 6 or 4 days, depending on the week requested, “criticizes general secretary STT 31. Asked, the town hall did not respond.