This Friday, November 8, the CGT railway workers are calling for a strike to contest the liquidation of the SNCF Freight line and to demand more recruitment. Symbolically, the gathering will take place on the train des primeur platform, in Saint-Charles.
The entire CGT Cheminots federation of the former Languedoc-Roussillon is calling for a strike this Friday, November 8, 2024. Locally, union representatives from the Pyrénées-Orientales are gathering at 11 a.m., on the train des primeurs platform in Saint- Charles.
The first of their demands is the recruitment of more staff, “both for railway workers, who work on a tight schedule, and for travelers, who have the right to quality service“, deplores Lucas Mas, CGT railway workers representative in Perpignan. “At the national level, oHe promised us 8,400 jobs, today there are only 2,600 recruitments that have taken place“. And added: “IThey agreed to this during negotiations before the Olympic Games to ease tensions, now we must honor our commitments“.
The other major reason for this mobilization is the disappearance of Fret SNCF, which will be replaced on January 1, 2025 by two companies Hexafret, for goods transport, and Technis for maintenance. Enough to relaunch the Train des primeur which links Perpignan to Rungis and made its last rotation last June? “In a context where freight convoys are increasing and climate change is at the heart of concerns, rail transport is the most ecological and economical for a tonne transported“, the unionists are campaigning. They hope for a moratorium for the line and answers on the subject of recruitment.
