Tuesday May 21, SNCF agents are called to strike in order to obtain an increase in the bonus already planned for the Olympic Games.
The unions are hoping for a “black day” in Île-de-France.
The social movement should “strongly disrupt” commuter and RER train traffic in Île-de-France and in the capital, warns the SNCF.
Ile-de-France transport users will be able to test their resilience, a few weeks before the Olympic Games. Tuesday May 21, at the initiative of Sud-Rail and CGT-Cheminots, SNCF agents are called to a massive strike in Île-de-France. Consequence: for what the unions hope to be a “black day”traffic should be “strongly disturbed” on the Transilien and RER lines, the railway company has already warned.
The SNCF, which manages all commuter trainsTHE RER C, D and Eand part of RER A and Balready invites users to avoid their trips on Tuesday “as far as possible”. She specifies that detailed forecasts of disruptions will be communicated on Sunday at 5 p.m.
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The objective of the social movement is to influence negotiations around railway workers’ bonuses during the Olympic Games, the unions indicated at the beginning of May. A new day of negotiations must take place on Wednesday, the day after this day of strike.
For the moment, SNCF management is offering Ile-de-France railway workers a bonus of 50 euros gross per day of service during the Games, according to the unions. “What is put on the table does not suit us”underlined Fabien Villedieu of Sud-Rail, at the beginning of May. “A fixed bonus would suit us, at least 1000 euros”he indicated, as is the case for example at the RATP, where metro and RER drivers working from July 22 to September 8 will receive 1,600 euros.
