NARRATIVE – Fret SNCF will disappear on December 31, to be replaced by two companies. Unions threaten to strike over Christmas. But the company was accumulating abysmal losses, in particular because of the pensions of the railway workers.
It's in season: once again, railway workers are raising the specter of a strike during the end-of-year holidays. The SNCF unions (CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, Sud-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots) called on their troops to strike on Thursday, November 21. Then, they threatened to launch a social movement from December 11 “ unlimited and renewable ». « We cannot imagine that at a time when the French want to reunite, they will not be able to do so”protested the Minister for Transport, François Durovray. In vain? Recent history is cause for concern: in 2019, nearly one train in two was canceled due to the strike against pension reform; two years ago, 200,000 passengers remained at the platform following a social movement by controllers.
Among the slogans of the mobilization this year: “ The establishment of a moratorium to guarantee the continuity of Fret SNCF ». In fact, Fret SNCF
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