Pensions: figures for strikers in different sectors

Declining electricity production, suspended fuel shipments, very disrupted transport on the rail and in Paris, mobilized teachers: the strike against the pension reform project has affected many sectors, to varying degrees.

Energy

EDF management counted 50% of strikers out of its total workforce at the end of this day of mobilization, more than the first and more followed by days of action against the previous pension reform project in 2019 (41,4, 57%). For its part, the CGT has advanced a rate of XNUMX% of strikers among the workforce present.

Electricians have reduced electricity production in dams and nuclear power plants, which reached Thursday at 15:30 p.m., 3.400 MW according to management, the equivalent of three or four nuclear reactors.

The nuclear fleet was available at 63% of its total capacity at noon, against 72% expected, according to EDF data analyzed by AFP.

The management of Engie (ex-GDF Suez) reported 40% of strikers among the workforce with the status of electricians and gas workers (not affiliated to the general pension scheme). In the gas sector, the management of GRDF identified 41,4% of strikers and GRTgaz counted 52% of strikers (60% of the workforce present according to the CGT)

At Enedis, 66% of the workforce present went on strike, according to the CGT.

Two voluntary and limited power cuts took place in Chaumont (Haute-Marne) and Massy (Essonne). The latter was claimed by CGT Energie.

As for the refineries, the CGT TotalEnergies had between 70 and 100% of strikers, on most of the group's sites. Shipments were blocked, but there is "no shortage of fuels" at TotalEnergies stations, according to management, as stocks existed in multiple depots.

Thursday at 9:30 a.m., 1,95% of stations were short of at least one type of fuel, according to public data analyzed by AFP.

Transport

The strike was closely followed in transport with almost no regional trains, few TGVs, a slow-moving metro in Paris and a very underserved large suburb.

“The day is extremely strong for all colleges combined,” said Laurent Brun, secretary general of the CGT-Cheminots.

Regional traffic has been virtually stopped with 1 TER out of 10 on average.

The rate of strikers at SNCF was 46,3%, including 77,4% of passenger train drivers, according to union sources. In comparison, the first day of mobilization against the pension reform in 2019 had been even more followed: 55,6% of strikers including 85,7% of drivers.

In Lyon, a computer failure paralyzed the four metro lines on Thursday morning and the social movement prevented the use of substitute buses. Traffic was back to normal in the afternoon.

In the automotive sector, more than a hundred employees of the Stellantis factory in Rennes-la Janais went on strike, according to the CGT.

Education

The Snes-FSU, the leading secondary union, reported on Thursday 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, 34,66% in colleges and high schools.

Otherwise

The state civil service (2,5 million agents) had 28% strikers, according to the ministry.

Public television and radio programs were largely disrupted due to strike calls at France Télévisions, Radio France and France Médias Monde (France 24 and RFI).

This was also the case for the regional daily press: the newspapers of the Nice-Matin group did not appear this Thursday.

At La Poste, management reported 14,64% of strikers.