On strike for more than a month, the Rhône firefighters are now stationed day and night in front of the Hôtel de la Métropole in Lyon. They are asking for a salary increase as well as additional positions.
On strike since October 1, after having entered the headquarters of the Métropole de Lyon and having walled up the headquarters, the Rhône firefighters are now installed at the foot of the Hôtel de la Métropole de Lyon. Mobilized day and night under the barnums of the “permanent camp”, located at the corner of Paul Bert and Garibaldi streets, they are demanding a salary increase, as well as 100 to 150 additional positions.
Visit of the president of SDMIS
This Monday, November 18, the president of SDMIS Zemorda Khelifi went to the site to speak with the firefighters. A complicated dialogue, leading to no response, as one of the firefighters states: “We have an emergency, we need to have a financial response today, and the president refers us to waiting for the welfare state, within a minimum of two years.” An impasse, faced with which they questioned the president as to the possibility or not of a budgetary rethinking. “We suggested changing the internal budget allocation, but we were told that the budget was good and that there was no correction to be made”.
Friday November 15, Bruno Bernard was also able to discuss with the delegates of the inter-union, but without progress once again according to one of the firefighters. “We are on the same page, we depend on a large number of people and we are left in the dark”.
“We are all out of breath”
“We are all out of breath”declares the same firefighter, before continuing: “We are forced to shift the crews, we intervene less and less often in our sectors, we are more sure of the proximity. It happens daily that the Villeurbanne firefighters travel to the ninth arrondissement”. Understaffing which impacts the working conditions of the teams, requiring more funding, in order to be more numerous and more efficient.
Mobilizations that should not stop anytime soon
Faced with this lack of response, the Rhône firefighters say they want to continue their mobilizations and remain on indefinite strike. Trade unionists are also calling on residents and elected officials to join their mobilization.
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