Toulouse: lifeguards and swimming pool agents on strike, Monday April 11
The lifeguards and technical agents of the swimming pools of Toulouse, will be on strike, Monday, April 11, to protest against the loss of days off. The transition to 1607 hours on January 1 would have resulted in a loss of 10 to 14 days of leave. Swimming pools could be completely closed to the public.
If you are used to frequenting the municipal swimming pools of Toulouse, beware, several of them, or even all of them, could be impacted by a strike by lifeguards and technical agents on Monday, April 11. Swimming pool closures are adapted.
Professionals denounce a loss of days off, from 10 to 14 days depending on seniority, following the transition to 1607 annual hours, on January 1st. The civil service modernization law now obliges all agents to work 1,607 hours a year. It was this reform that notably led to the conflict between the garbage collectors of Toulouse Métropole and the management of the community.
11 days of additional leave requested
“The explanation of our administration is the strict application of the law, explains a spokesperson for the SUD union, which supports the movement, except that the law allows derogation from the 1607 hours, since the agents have particular constraints of work. .”
“The six particular constraints imposed by the law are regular work on Sundays, teamwork, arduous work (work in a chlorine environment, chloramines), work in staggered hours, night work and significant modulation of the cycle work.”
According to the union representatives, the swimming pool agents are concerned by these six subjections, that is they are asking for the allocation of 11 days of additional leave under these particular subjections.
“This day will mark the start of the movement which, we hope, will make it possible to find a solution quickly, so as not to penalize the users of Toulouse swimming pools for too long. The impact will also be on municipal courts”, explains the porter. southern word.