The agreement on average salary increases of 2.2% at SNCF in 2025 was validated after the signature of two unions, the management of the railway company announced Friday evening.
At the dawn of a probable strike at Christmas, the management of the railway company SNCF announced an increase in average salaries of 2.2% in 2025. It had proposed such an increase on November 20, but had conditioned the application of certain measures upon the signing of the agreement by at least two of the four representative organizations.
However, the UNSA-Ferroviaire (second union in the group) and the CFDT-Cheminots (fourth) initialed it, management explained in a statement sent to AFP. This file of compulsory annual negotiations (NAO) is a priori distinct from that of the dismantling of Fret SNCF and the terms of opening to competition, two points of discord with management which led all the company's unions to call railway workers to go on strike from December 11.
Good group results
The SNCF management, saying it is “aware of the expectations of employees, will therefore apply, in their interest, all of the proposed measures, including the average increase of 2.2%” in salaries, it confirmed. “This is the 4th consecutive year that the salary increases negotiated between management and the union organizations have protected the purchasing power of railway workers by being higher than inflation,” she argued.
“This NAO agreement is made possible by the good results of the SNCF group, which have been positive for six consecutive semesters. It will have no impact on taxpayers and travelers,” added management. For its part, the UNSA-Ferroviaire (22.1% of the votes in the last professional elections) defended its signature by estimating in a leaflet that its position made it possible to “avoid a scenario of total salary freeze” and to “guarantee the implementation of all negotiated measures.
Between them, the UNSA-Ferroviaire and the CFDT-Cheminots, rather reformist, are not in the majority, the latter union having collected 15.94% of the votes in the last elections at the SNCF.
