The November 17 strike: what is being called
The CGT, UNSA, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FAFP call on public-sector staff to strike on Tuesday November 17. Their text demands an immediate rise in the index point and its indexation to inflation.[1]
The same day, the CGT calls for generalising the strike “in the public and private sectors”, and UNSA Éducation relays an interprofessional day of action. FO Fonction publique published a separate call on November 10.[5][6][3]
Gathering places, routes and any prefectural decisions are not published at this stage.[1]
The demands carried on November 17
The public-sector text demands an immediate rise in the value of the index point, its indexation to inflation, an overhaul of career grids, the abolition of the waiting day and full pay during ordinary sick leave.[1]
The CGT frames the call across the public and private sectors: higher pay for all and a higher index point, revalued pensions, restored public services.[5]
UNSA Éducation links the day to public services and young people, and to backing sector and company pay negotiations.[6]
Who is calling, and who signs what
Six organisations sign the public-sector call: CGT, UNSA, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FAFP. FO and the CFDT are not among them.[1]
FO Fonction publique published its own call to strike and demonstrate on November 10, after the social conference.[3]
For the CGT, Sophie Binet called on employees, pensioners and young people to make November 17 a day of strikes and demonstrations.[2]
Young people: November 14, then November 17
On November 10, the youth coalition (Union étudiante, Union syndicale lycéenne, Unef, Fage) called for a demonstration on Saturday November 14, then for joining the national day on November 17. No Paris time or location is given.[4]
Essonne: three strike days in primary schools, with an online meeting
SNUDI FO 91 published a call on November 10 for strike action in Essonne schools: joining the interprofessional action on November 17, then striking on November 19 and 20.[7]
The same call announces an online union information meeting on November 18, from 1:30pm to 4:30pm, on November 17 and what follows.[8]
This timetable is SNUDI FO 91’s own. It does not apply to other departments, and the slogan in the call does not mean schools will be closed.[7]
What remains to be known before November 17
Still missing at this stage: the list of cities, gathering places and times, routes, and any prefectural decisions.[1][5]
The scale of participation and the concrete effects by sector — schools, hospitals, transport — are not known before the day.[5]
From November 9 to 11: the calls published
No cities or routes published
The calls still contain no list of cities, gathering places or routes.[1]
Organisations and demands
Public-sector inter-unionCall for a strike on November 17
CGT, UNSA, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FAFP demand an immediate rise in the index point, its indexation to inflation, an overhaul of the grids, the abolition of the waiting day and full pay for ordinary sick leave.[1]
CGTCall across the public and private sectors
The CGT widens the day to private-sector employees, pensioners and young people, with higher pay and pensions and restored public services.[5][2]
FO Fonction publiqueSeparate call on November 10
FO calls on public-sector staff to strike and demonstrate on November 17, without co-signing the six organisations’ call.[3]
What is established
What remains to be verified
Sources and verification
- Civil-service unions call for mobilisation and a strike on November 17
FSU 76 · inter-union statement · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Statement dated November 9: six organisations, demands on the index point, the grids, the waiting day and sick leave.
- Social conference: Sophie Binet calls for mobilisation on November 17
Le Monde · Checked 11 Nov 2026
November 9 live blog: the CGT calls on employees, pensioners and young people for a day of strikes and demonstrations on November 17.
- Social conference: nothing for civil servants. On 17 November, everyone on strike!
FO Fonction publique · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Call published on November 10; FO is not among the six signatories of the public-sector call.
- New day of mobilisation in education, marked by the assault of an elected official
AFP via Boursorama · Checked 11 Nov 2026
November 10 dispatch: the youth coalition calls for a demonstration on November 14 then for joining November 17.
- November 17, in the public and private sectors: let’s generalise the strike!
CGT · press release · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Statement dated November 9: higher pay for all and a higher index point, revalued pensions, public services.
- Interprofessional day of action: Mobilised on November 17 with UNSA!
UNSA Éducation · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Article dated November 9: public services, young people, backing pay negotiations and the budget.
- Strike November 17, 19, 20, 2026: let’s close all schools!
SNUDI FO 91 · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Departmental call published on November 10 in Évry: November 17 with the interprofessional action, continuing on 19 and 20.
- Mobilisation RIS: online meeting Wednesday November 18, 2026
SNUDI FO 91 · Checked 11 Nov 2026
Union information meeting announced from 1:30pm to 4:30pm; access conditions not checked.
Updates
Search title widened to both phrasings used for the day — strike and demonstrations — without changing the content, as no locations are published.
Page created: public-sector, CGT, UNSA and FO calls, the youth call, SNUDI FO 91’s timetable; places and routes not published.
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