It was raining heavily this Monday, December 2 around 7:15 p.m., when the inter-union spoke in the middle of Place Bellecour transformed into a parking lot. But this in no way dampened his desire to continue the protest movement.
Three scenarios – all for continuation of the strike – were proposed to the strikers: leave the same evening for Paris to swell the Parisian ranks and “put maximum pressure on the government and the management of the National Health Insurance Fund” ; continue in Lyon by targeting fewer sites; or renew the device of the day.
No offense to motorists in the Rhône, it was the third option which was then popular. And we must therefore expect, this Tuesday, December 3, another difficult day on the roads. With blockages similar to those of this Monday on the A7, the A42, the A43, the A46, the A450, the Eastern ring road, the M6 but also in front of the Édouard Herriot, Lyon Sud, Cardio and even hospitals Medipole.
Strike notice until December 8
It is not excluded, moreover, that the movement will continue the rest of the week. Including during the Festival of Lights. This is, at least, what Abdelatif Grine of the National Federation of Independent Taxis (FNTI) suggested: “We had a strike notice which ran until December 5 and we have just sent a new one which runs until December 8. We are going to show that we are not going to run out of steam in one day,” he said to thunderous applause.
Taxi in Lyon, Amor also pleads for a long-term fight: “The movement will last as long as it takes. In any case, there is no other way out because if we give up, we are dead. Medical is 40% of our figure and we can't get by without it. We have to crack the government and the management of the Cnam. Unfortunately, they seem completely stubborn when we only represent 3% of the Social Security budget. However, we can hope for rapid censorship from the government so that the measure disappears with it. »
