The day after the introduction of new sanitary measures in France, this Tuesday, August 10, a rally called by the FO union is organized in front of the headquarters of the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP).
Scheduled to take place from 9:30 am Victoria Avenue (4th), this meeting must take place on the occasion of the realization of a Health and Safety Committee (CHSCT) dedicated to the implementation of the obligation to vaccinate caregivers.
As Emmanuel Macron announced last month, vaccination against the coronavirus will soon be mandatory for caregivers, but also for “all professionals in contact with fragile people.”
Specifically, the nursing staff must be vaccinated no later than September 15 (for the first dose) and those who have not respected this obligation will no longer be able to work or get paid.
Except that over the weeks, several organizations have called for mobilization against the obligation to vaccinate caregivers but also against the extended health pass, which came into effect on Monday, August 9. In the regions, meetings have already been held, such as Bastia (Corsica) or Périgueux (Dordogne).
Furthermore, mistrust between these caretakers hostile to mandatory vaccination and Olivier Véran really increased last week. In question: the comments made by the Minister of Health during a trip to Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône).
“I saw that there were one or two unions that had called a strike,” said the health minister. Before warning: “there comes a time when these people will no longer have time to strike, since, by definition, this vaccination obligation will apply.”
A production that immediately earned him a Yves Veyrier vintage. In a press release, the General Secretary of Force Ouvrière had “recalled that the right to strike is a constitutional right linked to freedom of association and democracy.” In doing so, FO had “denounced” the minister’s words and demanded that they be “withdrawn without delay”. In vain.