Pension reform: SNCF unions call for ‘keep strike’

Towards a new weekend of failures and cancellations in transport? The four representative SNCF unions called on Friday to “support the renewed strike” that began on March 7 and to “act en masse on March 23” to oppose pension reform.

CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots are also inviting railway employees to “multiply unit actions and initiatives from this weekend in all territories” after the government decided on Thursday to introduce 49.3. honorary hand of the social movement. “This is an admission of weakness and it should be attributed to mobilization,” the unions nevertheless cheered.

27% strikers among drivers

During the weekend, various actions are planned in front of prefectures and deputies’ offices across France. On Friday, SNCF had about 4% striking employees, according to a union source, with mobilization reaching 27% among drivers, 11% among supervisors and 8% among switchers.

Two-thirds of the TGVs and half of the regional trains ran on Friday, compared to normal, on the eleventh day of the renewed strike. This weekend we should expect an improvement in train traffic, in particular, 4 out of 5 TGVs are served, and this is the best indicator in Ile-de-France. SNCF Voyageurs has 4 Inoui and Ouigo TGVs out of 5, 3 Intercités out of 5, several night trains and 3 TER out of 5 national average. SNCF Voyageurs remain cautious early next week.

“The level of strikers is still high compared to the duration of the movement,” said Didier Mathis, General Secretary of Unsa-Ferroviaire. “The climax is expected on Thursday, March 23, unless a vote of no confidence in the government is passed or if the reform is not withdrawn,” he said.