Paris – Work Act: new week of action, the road to the outposts – L’Express

Sept unions (CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, UNEF, UNL and Fidl) are at the initiative of two new unitary action days Tuesday and Thursday, the sixth and seventh in just over two months, challenge the text of the Minister Myriam El Khomri, considered too pro-business.

“ When is not heard, try to be heard ,” summed Monday Philippe Martinez, the CGT number, considering that his union was ” in tune with public opinion . ”

Started by federations of transport CGT and FO, the movement of road should mainly affect North Tuesday, Nantes, Caen, Marseille and Bordeaux especially, but not the Ile-de-France, according to FO.

The CGT plans to block the ports of Le Havre and Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, with other actions in Lyon, Metz, Le Mans or in Rochelle, according to Jerome truth, the number of the federation, which also mentions a snail operation in Clermont-Ferrand.

Adopted without a vote on first reading last week after a recourse to Article 49-3 of the Constitution, the Bill establishes the primacy of business agreements on sectoral agreements, a casus belli for unions.

At the road, it also fears drastic wage cuts, the text providing that a company agreement can bring overtime pay 10% instead of 25% usually charged. For a driver “ that is 200 hours per month is 1,300 euros less on the payslip ” Annual calculates Mr. Truth.

“ The employees decide locally ” sequences of movement, he says.

A month before the Euro 2016 football in France, extendible strikes have also been announced from Wednesday at the SNCF, where internal claims add to the rejection of the labor law, and than among dockers, sailors, factors, Aéroports de Paris. Disturbances are also expected in the air Thursday, the day of mobilization of air traffic controllers.

On Tuesday, the traffic should be normal RATP despite a notice filed by the CGT.

– ‘Open your eyes’ –

The discontent is also expressed in the street, with demonstrations in several cities of France.

In Paris, the procession will leave at 14:00 instead of the Military School (7th district) towards Denfert-Rochereau (14th).

This is for unions to initiate a movement, less followed last week with 55,000 demonstrators identified by the authorities, against 390,000 (1.2 million, according to unions) on March 31.

And to enjoy the slow parliamentary process, the bill work to be debated in June the Senate before a new round-trip between the two chambers for final adoption in July.

The general secretary of FO, Jean-Claude Mailly, who always demanded the withdrawal of the text, said Monday that “ if the government actually agreed on three or four key items (… ) to open your eyes, it would fix things “, stressing that it was still possible to” edit text . ”

Evidence of a tense, several opponents, as well as a photo journalist, received individual bans on demonstrations Tuesday in Paris by the police headquarters.

A process denounced by activists “ antifascists ” and the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) and supposed to avoid clashes caused injuries among protesters as among security forces in recent weeks.

While some denounce “ police violence ” Saturday, a high school student was indicted for “ attempted murder ” after the assault a policeman in Nantes, May 3 And May 12, thugs attacked union-order services.

According to a BVA poll for Orange and I-TV released Sunday, more than one in two French supports the mobilization of unions against the bill work, over two thirds want the government to reverse the text.