By Mélina Le Corre
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24 Jan 24 at 6:04
updated on 24 Jan 24 at 2:01 p.m.
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New disruptions in the city center. After the farmers, it is the taxi drivers of Haute-Garonne who are mobilizing in Toulouse, Wednesday January 24, 2024. A day of strike six weeks after that of December 11 in the Pink City.
Follow the situation on the roads live with Actu Toulouse.
1:54 p.m. Device blocked this afternoon?
Many drivers say they are unhappy with the outcome of the negotiations and are calling for come back and reblock the Toulouse ring road this afternoon. The union council consults to announce the continuation of the actions.
1:44 p.m. The taxi spokesperson speaks
Their leaving the CPAM, the representatives of UNT 31 gave an update to their members. ” The director [de la CPAM] made it known that she was reporting our grievances to the CNAM and that we will have feedback in the afternoon.”
“The compulsory shared transport formula is difficult to implement. We cannot mix an autistic child with a man at the end of his life and an oncology pathology for example, and I think that this message has been received,” testifies the UNT 31 spokesperson. A general meeting must stick to Blagnac This evening.
1:00 p.m. Complicated traffic on the Guilheméry bridge
12:38 p.m. Protesters light smoke bombs
In front of the CPAM, while the meeting with the Director of Social Security continues, the demonstrators light the first smoke bombs. 
Protesters light smoke bombs. (©Marie Lamarque / Actu Toulouse)
While other taxis are added to the procession, blocking traffic on the boulevards.
12:31 p.m. “A question of patient dignity”
Beyond the pricing conditions, some demonstrators recalled their opposition to health carpooling. “It’s a question of patient dignity. When you transport four people at the same time, it can take a long time,” Cynthia pointed out this morning.
Contracted taxis can, for example, take care of patients coming out of chemotherapy, “people who are already weakened”. The two demonstrators asked for a postponement of the signing of the pricing conditions until March. An argument which should be defended by the seven representatives currently received at the CPAM.
12:30 p.m. Slowed traffic
At the Guilheméry bridge, traffic is slowed down. Some drivers want to take rue de l’Étoile, blocked by a taxi.
12:00 p.m. Around thirty taxis
Around thirty vehicles are parked in front of the CPAM. Some taxis clearly display their demands.
11:54 a.m. Meeting with the CPAM
11:42 a.m. Demonstrators in front of the CPAM
While waiting to reach the Jean Jaurès aisles, the demonstrators are gathered in front of the CPAM (Primary Health Insurance Fund). But the bulk of the procession is stationed in front of the building to carry their demands.
11:24 a.m. The taxis arrived in Jean-Jaurès
Around ten taxis are currently on Allée Jean-Jaurès in Toulouse. At the approach to the intersection, at the bottom of the alleys, the police regulate traffic.
11:00. The traffic situation in Toulouse
Slowdowns still to the west of the Toulouse ring road.
10:00. Traffic jams to the west and north of Toulouse
Traffic turns red this morning, the entire west and north of Toulouse is affected. The Toulouse ring road is blocked up to Borderouge.
9:31 a.m. Slowdowns on the ring road
THE snail operationsThey continue on the Toulouse ring road, towards the north of the Pink City and on all roads. Taxis converge towards the city center of Toulouse.
8:22 a.m. First corks
Around 8:15 a.m., the first traffic jams form on the N2621, axis near the airport. Taxi snail operations are underway from the airport to Toulouse city center. Traffic is very disrupted on the ring road in the Sept Deniers sector in particular.
8:14 a.m. General meeting this evening
After the meeting with the CPAM, the taxi drivers will hit the road again around 2:30 p.m. for a general meeting around 6:15 p.m., at Toulouse-Blagnac airport.
“We hope by then to have information from the highest authorities of the CNAM,” explains the spokesperson for UNT 31, Stéphane Abeilhou. If the responses provided are not sufficient or non-existent, a new strike on January 29 has already been announced.
7:41 a.m. “400 cars present”
“We are delighted because we did not expect so many people, we counted 400 cars. Drivers arrive from everywhere,” declared UNT 31 spokesperson Stéphane Abeilhou. The rest of his interview:
7:40 a.m. “We don’t need that”
The representatives call for caution in relation to what happened yesterday in Pamiers. “We don’t need that.”
7:30 a.m. Procession routes
A first procession will circulate towards the Seven Deniers and will then cut in two. One will head towards La Cépière, then towards Ponts-Jumeaux and Jean-Jaurès. The other will go back towards Auchan via the Agde road.
Another procession will circulate on the ring road from Colomiers to La Cépière, then towards Jean-Jaurès. Finally, the last one will leave towards the Halle de la Machine, take the Boulevard de la Méditerranée and finish at Jean-Jaurès. At 10:30 a.m., they will be at the CPAM to present their demands.
7:20 a.m. Avoid the area
On X (formerly Twitter), the Haute-Garonne prefecture advises avoiding the airport area this morning, Wednesday January 24. “Traffic is very disrupted.” Departure is imminent for the snail-like operations of taxi drivers on the Toulouse ring road.
7:15 a.m. The faces of the demonstrators
Among the demonstrators gathered, Malika (10 years in the profession) and Cynthia (3 years in the profession, CPAM member for 1 year). “We are here to save our profession. We don’t know what’s going to happen to us,” Cynthia explains. In Haute-Garonne, the pricing conditions for CPAM-approved taxis have not been set.
However, the deadline for signing the pricing conditions is February 1. “It’s like signing an employment contract without knowing your salary,” adds her colleague, Malika.
7:00 a.m. Law enforcement on site
The police are on site. If buses can still pass, Tisseo has warned of upcoming disruptions on its lines for the day.
Everything you need to know about today’s disruptions:
6:50 a.m. – Around forty taxis
Around forty vehicles are already parked around the airport roundabout. Traffic is not blocked at the moment.
6:45 a.m. – Taxis outside the airport
As our journalist on site noted, taxis began to gather in front of Toulouse-Blagnac airport.
6:30 a.m. – Nearly 350 taxis in Toulouse
After a first national demonstration on December 11, “which led to nothing”, Stéphane Abeilhou, spokesperson for the National Union of Taxis 31, is waiting for nearly 350 taxis in Toulouse, Wednesday January 24. Several hundred vehicles are expected from 6:30 a.m. in front of Toulouse-Blagnac airport, before snail-like operations on the Toulouse ring road.
All Occitanie taxis are expected in the city center of Toulouse at 11 a.m., “for the meeting with the director of Social Security,” explains Stéphane Abeilhou, spokesperson for the National Taxi Union 31. gathering is planned on the Jean-Jaurès alleys.
6:15 a.m. – Drivers’ demands
Drivers are opposed to the reform of compulsory health carpooling. A measure included in the Social Security financing bill presented last September.
“We fear a forced de-convention of taxis at the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM). With the consequence of no longer being able to transport seated patients. The director of CNAM imposes conventional rates on us that are far too low for our operating costs. The sustainability of our businesses is no longer guaranteed,” chants TDS 31 on Facebook.
6:00 a.m. – Start of this live
Hello everyone. Welcome to this live broadcast on the taxi demonstration in Toulouse. It starts at 6:30 a.m. at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. Monitor disruptions on the roads.
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