As is tradition, the SNCF unions file a renewable and unlimited strike notice which begins just before… the Christmas school holidays, this time “against the dismantling of SNCF Freight”

The railway unions have announced that they are calling for an indefinite strike from December 11 against the dismantling of Fret SNCF. Fret SNCF will disappear on January 1 to be reborn in the form of two separate companies called Hexafret for freight transport and Technis for locomotive maintenance, management announced on Monday.

In a joint press release sent to AFP, the CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, Sud-Rail and the CFDT-Cheminots explain that faced with the lack of “inflection” from the group’s management, the strike will be unlimited and renewable for 24-hour periods starting Wednesday, December 11 at 7:00 p.m.

The unions also reiterate their call for a strike from Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 p.m. to Friday, November 22, 8:00 a.m.

The railway organizations hope to mobilize widely in all SNCF entities and exceed the fairly low rates of strikers observed during the pension reform, for example.