Strike road from 22h to demand an increase in … – The Express

Strike road from 22h to demand an increase in … – The Express

Angry, road want to know the employers, not to individuals. They begin this Sunday night a renewed strike to demand wage increases. but this time their movement intends to interfere employers without burdening individuals. Fifty actions are planned throughout the territory on the night of Sunday to Monday.

snail Operations, industrial sites or blocking oil depots: “The goal is not to block the population, but to touch employers,” warns Pascal Goument outset of the CFTC -GND.

In case of blocking roads, to eg motorway tolls, only trucks will be stopped by the strikers, which permit any light vehicles. There will “inevitably, at the margin, some slowdown,” according to Jerome Truth, head of the CGT Transport strike should not paralyze traffic.

“At least until Tuesday”

The Inter CGT, FO, CFTC and CFE-CGC will kick off these operations from 10 p.m. . They “will last at least until Tuesday,” when the next mandatory annual trading session (NAO) in road freight transport, where unions hope to obtain wage increases. A second meeting is scheduled Thursday, January 22. But the strike could upset the schedule.

In the Paris region, the first point is given an appointment for the CGT and CFTC to 21:30 at the Porte de Montreuil , according to Pascal Goument. The convoy will then join fo militants to Porte de Clignancourt , before going to the port of Gennevilliers , which is scheduled for the first block.

Actions on the Roissy airport and other industrial areas north of Paris are also scheduled.

The North, Brittany, Normandy, Aquitaine, Rhône-Alpes and Lorraine are the most mobilized regions, according to the union.

100 euros per month

The unions demanded “an increase in the purchasing power of minimum 100 euros” a month, including increasing the rate to 10 euros minimum hourly for the lowest coefficients in hiring.

“Wages in the world of transport are almost frozen for three years. However, during this time, the minimum wage continues to increase,” said the microphone of France blue Marc Rosa, general secretary of the CGT Transport in the Gironde. “Result: some employees who are between 5 and 7 years of service be paid the minimum wage.”