After the “minutes strike”, it’s time for the “New Year’s Eve strike”. A collective of “angry municipal police officers” and several unions are calling on municipal police officers to strike on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve as well as on January 1, to demand in particular better pay conditions.
“We have had a significant increase in the skills of municipal police officers for 40 years without social compensation. We say stop! », Explained this Sunday David Quevilly, municipal police officer in Toulouse and vice-president of the National Federation of Municipal Police Officers of France (FNPMF, created in March), contacted by AFP.
“We can go further if necessary »
“If you do not increase our salaries and our pensions, you will no longer be able to count on municipal police officers,” he warned. In addition to the strike planned for December 24 and 31, he announced rallies in front of regional prefectures in the territory on Saturday February 3. “We can go further if necessary with the organization of the Paris Olympic Games in mind [26 juillet-11 août]. The municipal police officers of Paris and Ile-de-France will not participate in securing these Olympics if, in the meantime, we have not obtained full access to our social component,” threatened David Quevilly.
These municipal police officers are particularly opposed to a change in the calculation of their compensation plan, which they believe would be less favorable to them, and to the failure to take into account a monthly compensation in the calculation of their retirement pension. The collective requests in particular the taking into account of bonuses in the calculation of retirement and better career progression.
The New Year’s Eve strike comes after a “minutes strike” which took place in November. This movement followed an announcement from Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, offering municipal police new prerogatives but “without social compensation” according to the unions.