Buses and trams to be stopped for the opening of the World Cup in Toulouse

They have taken a summer break from the social conflict that began in April, but intend to be heard this fall. This Friday, September 8, the day of the start of the Rugby World Cup, bus and tram services will be disrupted in Toulouse (Haute Garonne) due to a strike by Tisséo operators.

The CGT-Sud-FNCR-CFDT union mobilized the strikers on Tuesday morning with filtering operations at three Toulouse bus stations, causing network outages. Unions have been deploring since the spring the abolition of the protective clause, which kept wages in line with inflation and preserved the purchasing power of workers.

“Negotiations with management have stalled. It leads an ostrich policy, not wanting to hear our demands for the protection of our social rights. So we are going to apply pressure by disrupting traffic during the World Cup on Friday,” explains Jean-Philippe Favier, Deputy Secretary General of CGT Tisseo. We will adapt the movements for the rest of the game days, but we are waiting for the management to return to the negotiating table.”

Summoned to court on 18 September.

So fans who were planning to head to Rugby Village on Friday night to watch the France-New Zealand match on a huge screen will have to look forward to their trip. The network will be interrupted at the end of the morning and then from 18:00.

On September 18, the unions were subpoenaed by the Toulouse court, summoned by Tisseo’s leadership, who accused them of blocking bus and tram depots in late May and early June. She is demanding 40,000 euros from each union for these four days of lockdown.