Five months after their last mobilization, the new strike this Tuesday by two SNCF unions does not appear to be very well attended. The railway company expects “almost normal” traffic. TGV links will absolutely not be impacted. “Some traffic could be slightly disrupted on certain regional trains (TER and Transilien) as well as certain Intercity connections,” says SNCF Voyageurs. Line by line forecasts will be communicated on Monday September 30.
This social movement is the initiative of the CGT Cheminots and SUD Rail. The two organizations are focusing on the inter-professional day, at the call of the CGT to demand, among other things, the repeal of the 2023 pension reform. The two other railway unions (Unsa Ferroviaire and CFDT Cheminots) are not participating, since their national leadership is not involved with the CGT.
They also denounce the “liquidation” of FRET SNCF
The CGT Cheminots and SUD Rail take the opportunity to defend issues specific to their situation. After a demonstration on September 26, under the windows of the Ministry of Transport, they again want to denounce the “liquidation”, in their words, of FRET SNCF. The European Commission accuses the subsidiary of the SNCF Group of having received 5.3 billion euros in illegal aid from the French state. The liquidation was initiated to, according to the government, protect the company from prosecution.
In addition to a “moratorium” on Fret SNCF, the unions denounce the creation of TER subsidiaries, to respond to the opening to competition, and also demand “a general increase in salaries, the granting of a real 13th month for all” . This subject will be addressed in the coming weeks, during the obligatory annual negotiations (NAO), scheduled for the end of October and beginning of November internally. According to the four unions representing the railway company (CGT Cheminots, Unsa Ferroviaire, SUD Rail, CFDT Cheminots), the management of the SNCF has already suggested that there would be “no or few” increases at the key, given the slowdown in inflation.
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