The day of June 6 will be decisive for the trade union organizations opposed to the government’s pension reform. During a rally in Paris on May 30, Marylise Léon, the future boss of the CFDT, expressed that she wanted “a great day of strikes and demonstrations”. This is the fourteenth day of conflict since the start of the movement. Some 250 actions are planned in France, which should bring together 400,000 to 600,000 people, including 40,000 to 70,000 in the capital, according to the authorities.
“We will not turn the page: together, united and determined to win the withdrawal of the reform and for social progress, let’s build strikes and demonstrations everywhere on June 6”, underlines the inter-union in a press release, composed of eight unions and five youth organizations. “If once again, the government persisted in forcing its way through, using constitutional artifices, the anger would only be reinforced,” adds the organization. So, what to expect in transport and everywhere in France? Le Figaro takes stock of the mobilization.
SNCF traffic will be “very slightly” disrupted on Tuesday “with 9 out of 10 trains in circulation on a national average”, and it will be “normal” in Île-de-France on the entire RATP network, announced the two companies. Sunday. The details of the few disturbances on the SNCF network should be communicated on Monday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on Thursday asked airlines to cancel a third of their flights at Paris-Orly, due to the participation of air traffic controllers in the June 6 strike. These preventive deletions were also required for one in five flights from or to the airports of Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes, said the DGAC in a press release, warning that “disturbances and delays” more were likely.
The teachers’ unions have already called for a strike on June 6, including the FSU, Unsa, SUD Education, Solidaires, CGT Educ’action, Sgen CFDT, FNEC FP-FO and the SNALC. In addition, five youth organizations announced their support for the movement: Unef, Voix Lycéenne, Fage, Fidl and MNL. Students could therefore witness disturbances in front of their schools.
