Overview
- Police, energy workers, higher‑education staff, health and social workers and a climate coalition are staging coordinated strikes and demonstrations in Paris on Tuesday 15 September to press sector‑specific demands.
- Police unions are calling for a revalorisation of the ISSP risk premium that has not risen since 2019 and say they want an annual budget boost they estimate at several hundred million euros.
- Electricians and gas workers are defending the historical 'tarif agent' — a preferential energy rate for current employees and retirees — after the Cour des comptes issued a formal warning that has prompted government review.
- Organisers say the initial actions should cause limited disruption to users but warn that failure to respond on 15 September could trigger stronger measures, and they have signalled further mobilisation dates in late September and October.
- Unions are timing the mobilisations to influence final 2027 budget decisions at Bercy and to build leverage ahead of upcoming professional elections, a tactic that could shape public spending on wages, sectoral benefits and climate adaptation.