Schools, public transport, power plants, refineries: many sectors are expected to be disrupted or blocked on Tuesday January 31 by the second inter-union call to strike against the government’s pension reform project, after that of January 19. Here are the forecasts in the main sectors.
Transport
In Paris and Ile-de-France, metro and RER traffic will be “very disturbed” some lines are only open during peak hours.
Lines 3, 6, 8, 11 and 13 will only be open during peak hours – usually 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m., but with variations – on some sections, with frequencies varying from 1 train in 3 to 1 train in 5. Lines 5, 7, 7bis, 9 and 10 will also operate at peak times, over their entire length, with variable frequencies.
Line 4 will run all day, with 1 out of 2 trains at peak times and 1 out of 4 trains at off-peak times. Lines 2 and 12 will run from 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with 1 out of 3 trains at peak times and 1 out of 4 trains at off-peak times. Lines 1 and 14 will work normally. On all these lines, a certain number of stations will remain closed, such as Alésia, Bastille, Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, Opéra or République.
There will be only one train out of 2 during peak hours for the RER A and 1 train out of 4 during off-peak hours, with an end of service around midnight.
Only 1 train out of 2 will run at peak times and 1 train out of 3 at off-peak hours on the southern part of the RER B operated by the RATP, the interconnection not being ensured with the northern part where the SNCF plans 1 train out of 3 at peak times and 1 in 2 at off-peak times.
On the tram side, the RATP expects normal traffic on lines T6 and T8, almost normal traffic on T3b and slight disruptions on T1, T2, T3a, T5 and T7.
In Ile-de-France, the movement promises to be followed, preventing the circulation of the Transilien and RER regional trains, at the rate of one train in three (RER A and B and lines H and U), one train in four (line K) or even one train in ten (RER C, D and E and lines J, L, N, P, R).
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In airports, it is mainly the air traffic controllers’ strike that will cause disruptions and delays. One in five flights should be canceled at Paris-Orly. But at Paris-Roissy, there should be enough non-striking personnel to ensure the planned program, according to the general directorate of civil aviation. For its part, Air France has announced the elimination of one in 10 aircraft, except on long-haul flights.
In trains, the SNCF provides traffic “very strongly disturbed”. The mobilization of railway workers will reduce the number of TER to 2 out of 10 in the regions, TGV traffic to 25% to 30% depending on the axis and there will be almost no Intercity trains, nor any night trains. In detail, 2 out of 5 TGVs will run on the North axis, 1 out of 2 on the East and South-East axes, 1 out of 4 on the Atlantic axis and 2 Ouigo out of 5.
On the international side, Eurostar and Thalys will run almost normally but TGV traffic will be “strongly disturbed” between France and Switzerland (Lyria).
In large cities: in Bordeaux, the majority of buses will operate but around ten lines will be eliminated, seven reduced and the frequency of trams will be reduced on three lines. The rate of strikers announced is 16%, less than on January 19 (24%). In Rennes, dozens of buses will be canceled at the start due to the demonstration planned for the morning and other diverted lines. The two automatic metro lines should run normally, according to the STAR.
Civil service and private sector
The national interprofessional strike notice concerns the entire public service where the previous day of action on January 19 had mobilized 28% of strikers among the 2.5 million state employees, according to a figure from the ministry.
Town halls, such as that of Paris or Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), have announced that they will keep their doors closed (apart from the civil status services).
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On January 19, public television and radio programs were largely disrupted at France Télévisions, Radio France and France Médias Monde (France 24 and RFI).
In the private sector, newspapers had not appeared, La Poste had identified 14.64% of strikers and industrial companies had recorded walkouts.
Education
The Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary union, predicted that half of primary school teachers would be on strike on Tuesday.
On January 19, the Snes-FSU, the leading secondary union, reported a rate of 65% of striking college and high school teachers, and the Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary union, lists 70% of striking teachers. . According to the ministry, the mobilization resulted in a rate of striking teachers of 42.35% in primary schools, 34.66% in colleges and high schools.
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Energy
The strike should be closely followed in the refineries, after already two days of work stoppage, on January 19 and 26: the refineries operated on those days but fuel shipments were blocked for 24 hours each time.
The EDF strikers should again lower the production of electricity in the nuclear power stations and in the dams, without however causing power cuts, the manager of the RTE network strictly supervising these actions.
In electricity and gas, “Robin Hood” actions or targeted cuts at EDF or Engie could also take place.
