Lille. A call for strike launched at Ilévia on July 2, for the passage of the Olympic flame

The day was already looking complicated in terms of circulation. But it could become hellish. Indeed, for Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the day of passage of the Olympic flame in the North and the metropolis of Lilleand call for strike was launched by the Ilévia unions. The bus, metro and tram traffic likely to be very impacted.

“Strike is the only solution”

The strike of June 21, during the music festival, had already created a lot of problems in public transport in the Lille metropolitan area. But this new episode, during the passage of the flame, could be even harder, if we are to believe the appeal launched by the trade union.

As a reminder, the discussions concern the organization of work during the period of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “Management intends to dispose of its staff as it wants,” denounced the unions.

Since then, several meetings have taken place at the Keolis Lille Métropole headquarters, notably to negotiate bonuses. The last discussion, on June 27, ended abruptly.

According to the inter-union, “management wants to make employees pay for the strike of June 21 (…) The losses incurred, following a strong mobilization of employees, are charged to the total Olympic budget. This is blackmail, a denial of the legitimate expression of employees, a masquerade of social dialogue”, rages all the unions.

The unions are calling for a strong mobilization on July 2, to “make this management give in. When contempt has become a company policy, then a strike is the only solution!”

Furthermore, the inter-union asks to be received by those responsible for the MEL “as a matter of urgency”.

The mobilization promises to be significant. But to what extent? To the point of blocking all transport? We will have to follow developments in the coming days…

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