The CGT is no longer the first union of the RATP

Professional elections at the RATP disrupted the union landscape within the group. Unsa won the first place, a hair in front of the CGT, demoted 2nd, and the CFE-CGC.

Performed for seven days and for the first time by electronic vote, the vote was also marked by low participation, with a rate of 45.13%, according to these unions.

At the end of this vote, closed Thursday morning, Unsa climbed on the highest step of the podium with 30.19% of the vote, a sharp increase of 7.6 points from its previous score. The CGT remains stable, winning 30.11% of the vote, but it sees its score crumble 0.3 point, which costs him first place. Promoted third, the CFE-CGC won 10.43% of the vote, gaining 1.1 point (33.84% of the vote in the only college coaching, +1.1 pt).

Big loser of the polls, SUD plummets by 6.4 points, with only 8.95% of the votes. He slipped into fourth place and, above all, is no longer a representative organization because he has won less than 10% of the vote.

"Upheaval in union relations"

"This is an upheaval in union relations at RATP," said Unsa in a statement. The CGT told AFP to be "not satisfied with regard to the high rate of abstention that (the) perplexes on the exclusive electronic mode of voting." The CFE-CGC has on its side "achieved its objectives: to cross the bar of 10% all colleges together and the bar of 30% in management".

In view of the reform of the Labor Code, Unsa and CFE-CGC can now sign the company agreements. Since May 1, in fact, to be valid, a company agreement must be signed by one or more representative unions having obtained more than 50% of the votes cast in favor of the representative organizations only in the first round of the last professional elections.

At the RATP, the poll closed on Thursday, votes won by the only representative unions have broken down as follows: 42.68% for the Unsa, 42.57% for the CGT and 14.75% for the CFE-CGC. The 45,000 electors of the board were to nominate their representatives to serve on the 15 new Social and Economic Councils (SSCs) of the transit group.