What disturbances caused in Toulouse for the strike of January 19?
Will the mobilization be there this Thursday, January 19? The first estimates announce, in any case, a social movement followed. Education, health, public service, transport… Many professional sectors are mobilizing and disruptions will be expected this Thursday in Toulouse. Note that the procession of strikers will begin at 10 a.m. at François Verdier, will cross the Grands Boulevards and reach Compans-Caffarelli. In France, the demonstrations will be supervised by more than “10,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized”, announced Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior.
70% of teachers on this Thursday strike?
The SNUipp-FSU, the first school union announced on Tuesday January 17 that 70% of teachers would be on strike this Thursday in France. “This figure is not a surprise because we sent that the question of retirement is a major concern for teachers”, assured its general secretary, Guislaine David, questioned by The Parisian.
They do not want this pension reform, so they are going to say it massively on Thursday in the street, and they will continue to say it”, outbids the secretary general of SNUipp-FSU.
Concerning the second degree, the mobilization also promises to be important according to the SNES-FSU Toulouse questioned by The Independent Opinion. However, college and high school teachers are not obliged to declare themselves strikers before the strike. There is therefore no estimate of their mobilization to date. As a reminder, the tuesday january 17schools were already on strike to demand a salary increase and to warn about increasingly degraded working conditions.
Disruptions in transport
Toulouse public transport users will have to find alternatives to get around. The Tisséo network is effectively announcing “strong disruptions” due to the national strike movement this Thursday, January 19. Contacted by The Independent Opinion, the CGT Tisséo union has not yet provided an estimate of the rate of strikers. However, the Toulouse public transport manager recommends report your trips on the network.
On the SNCF side, train traffic looks chaotic. The Minister Delegate in charge of Transport Clement Beaune even took the lead and invited, from Tuesday January 17, employees to favor teleworking Thursday January 19. “It will be a hard Thursday, major disruptions in transport,” he announced on the morning set of France 2.
The railway company also warns on its site that “train circulation will be very seriously disrupted from January 18 at 7 p.m. to January 20”. According to consumers from the CGT Cheminots, “no more than one in three TGVs are circular this Thursday, including one in four TGVs on the Atlantic axis, and one in five in the East”. Regarding the OuiGo, it is expected that only 33% circulate. Side TERthe situation will deteriorate with around 10% of trains operational and no Intercités running.
Toulouse University Hospital impacted
The CGT University Hospital of Toulouse also on strike against the pension reform. The union opposes the passage of retirement from 62 to 64 years, but also the increase in the contribution period. If the estimate of the rate of strikers for caregivers is, to date, not known, the CGT CHU Toulouse gives an appointment this Thursday, January 19 at 10 a.m., at the level of the François-Verdier metro station.
Furthermore, the union announce a general meeting of all staff on January 24, 2023 to Purpan and Rangueil to discuss the issue of pensions. According to the inter-union, this social movement could be long-term in the event of government inaction.
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