In addition to the January 19 mobilization day decided by the unions, production reductions are mentioned in energy to oppose pension reform. The transport sector calls for a “powerful strike”.
by Sophie Fay and Marjorie Cessac
It was expected and above all feared. At EDF and RATP. As of this fall, personal and unions of these large public enterprises, affiliated with special retirement regimes, being the subject of derogations, with departure ages at 52 and 57 years, knew each other in the crosshairs of the government and its reform retirements. It is now confirmed. Tuesday, January 10, Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, revealed, during the presentation of this project, wanting to “put an end to a certain number of situations which may appear as privileges” by providing for the progressive extinction of these inherited regimes post-war period.
This reform will therefore apply to “new hires to RATP, in the electrical and gas industries branch and the Banque de France”, from 1 er September 2023, announced the executive. With, at the end, a “grandfather clause”, like what had been done as part of the closure of the SNCF special regime during the 2018 reform. However, the current employees Of these companies will not be spared by the two -year discrepancy of the legal retirement age, for example from 62 to 64 years by 2030 in energy. And this, while some, such as liberal professions and lawyers, will be able to preserve their specific regime. Like the sailors, the employees of the Paris Opera and the Comédie-Française.
In reaction, the unions are already on the war foot. In addition to the call to demonstrate on January 19, they mention other actions in energy, including production reductions in power plants. “It is a historic struggle that is committed,” warns Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the National Federation of Mines and Energy CGT (FNME-CGT). “If electricians and gas are massively on strike and on the street, it means that they will not be on networks and on means of production, and therefore that there will be an impact on the system”, alert- he. For its part, the CGT-Pétrole calls for several days of strikes and “if necessary [to] the” refining. An inter -union discussion is scheduled for Monday, January 16.
“Everyone is exasperated”
In electricians and gas, the average retirement age was 60 years in 2021. Some were able to leave earlier, at 58 on average, by asserting arduousness measures, but their proportion is falling from year to year. In this context, the grandfather’s clause does not in any way calm employees in the sector. “No one believes in this promise, everyone is exasperated,” continues Stéphane Chérigié, national secretary responsible for the social dialogue of the CFE-Energie. We have seen that, in other companies, this clause had created differentiated remuneration between Those who are at the general regime and the others. “
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