Paris (France) (AFP) – Will Thursday’s inter-professional day of strikes and demonstrations for wages cause the country to slow down? Overview of the main expected impacts, while the unions, joined by young people and the yellow vests, call on the public and private sectors to mobilize.
Published on: 04/11/2026 - 21:57
- Education
The Ministry of National Education estimates the rate of strikers on Thursday at 17.54% in public primary education.
If it considers it "difficult to set a national average" from Wednesday, the Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary school union, says it expects a strong mobilization on Thursday, with "one in two teachers on strike in Oise, 40% in Eure-et-Loir and between 50 and 70% in Ille-et-Vilaine". “In Seine-Saint-Denis, forecasts reach up to 75% in certain sectors, while in Paris, we already have nearly 80 schools closed,” adds the union.
For Sophie Vénétitay, the general secretary of Snes-FSU, the leading middle and high school union, the strike should be “well followed” in secondary education.
Private education unions are also calling for a strike. According to the main union, the Fep-CFDT, "the indicators seem to show that the mobilization will be more followed on the private side than the previous one", "the social and political context (being) conducive to this mobilization".
The operation of school canteens should be affected, as in Strasbourg, where they will be closed.
- Transportation
The four representative organizations of the SNCF (CGT, Unsa railway, Sud Rail and CFDT) together called for a strike. Management anticipates “disrupted” traffic on most regional and Ile-de-France lines and “slightly disrupted” for TGVs.
The RATP is counting on "normal" traffic on its metros, buses and trams, with the exception of the RER B, for which one in two trains will run for the North and two out of three for the South.
On the maritime side, CGT dockers will be on strike in all French ports. They set the tone on Friday with a 24-hour strike that blocked all ports.
A strike notice for air traffic controllers (DGAC officials) has been filed by the CGT (USACcgt), FO (FEETS-FO), SUD Aérien and Unsa Aérien. The traffic reduction recommendations sent to companies, detailed by airport, should be known on Wednesday evening.
Yellow vests are also planning actions on certain roads, roundabouts or highways, the scale of which is difficult to anticipate. Thus, in Strasbourg, a blockage is planned on the A35 from 8:00 a.m. In Isère, the Peasant Confederation must organize a filter dam in Voreppe, near a toll on the A48.
- Health, Post...
In Parisian public hospitals (AP-HP), FO and the CGT are calling for a strike to obtain the withdrawal of the budget cuts planned in the State and Social Security budget projects.
The two organizations also call for general assemblies to be held in the services and establishments to establish “deals by service”, while “AP-HP staff can no longer bear” the deterioration of their working conditions.
Several postal unions (CFDT, CGT FAPT, Sud PTT, FO) are calling for a strike. The CGT, the second union, even filed an unlimited strike notice from November 5.
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