Eight unions called on some 5.7 million public sector employees to strike on Tuesday March 19. The CGT, the CFDT, the CFE-CGC, the Autonomous Federation, FO, the UNSA, Solidaires and the Snes-FSU are demanding an increase in salaries and better working conditions in the state, territorial and hospital civil service. Dozens of rallies were organized across France. According to the Ministry of Civil Service, 6.42% of the 2.5 million state civil service agents were on strike at midday. Follow our live stream.
Less than 10% of teachers on strike. In National Education, 6.77% of teachers are on strike in the first level (nursery and elementary) and 10.65% in the second level (middle and high schools), according to figures from the ministry. In total, 8.8% of teachers are on strike.
More sustained mobilization for college teachers. Teacher mobilization was particularly strong in colleges (14.86%), where teachers are contesting the implementation of the “shock of knowledge” and more particularly level groups in French and mathematics in 6th and 5th grade from the start of the school year. next.
A rate of strikers around 2% in the territorial and hospital civil service. There are 3.87% of strikers in the territorial civil service and 3.5% in the hospital civil service, the ministry said. This is lower than during the demonstrations against pension reform at the beginning of 2023, when there were 15% to 30% of strikers depending on the sector.