SNCF STRIKE. The CGT calls for a day of interprofessional mobilization this Thursday, October 27. Traffic disruptions are to be anticipated due to demonstrations which SNCF agents could join.
[Mis à jour le 26 octobre 2022 à 10h23] This Thursday, October 27, demonstrations will take place throughout France due to a new day of general and interprofessional strike at the call of the CGT for a “wage increase, better working conditions and quality jobs” . If the CGT Federation of railway workers did not mention a train strike strictly speaking, in a Press releaseshe calls on SNCF agents “to take part in the demonstrations which will be organized in the territory on October 27, 2022 in order to stay the course”, after the previous strikes of September 29 and October 18, always with the aim of negotiating wages with the direction of the SNCF.
This Thursday, October 27, the demonstrations at the initiative of the CGT are planned at the Maison des Syndicates in Reims since 10 a.m., at the labor exchange of Saint Etienne and before the departmental council of Caen at 11 a.m., on the Place de la République in Bordeaux at 11:30 a.m., at the station of Brest and avenue Jean Mermoz at Lyons at noon, at Montparnasse train station in Paris at 2 p.m., Place Dombale at Nancy and Porte de Paris at Lille at 2:30 p.m., in front of the prefecture of Montpellier at 5:30 p.m. They will cause disruptions in the circulation of buses or trams, and probably some slight disruptions in the RER and Transiliens in Île-de-France, managed by the SNCF.
SNCF strike: what disruptions this Thursday, October 27, 2022?
For the moment, no disruption of SNCF trains has been announced for the mobilization day of Thursday, October 27, 2022.. As during the previous strike at the SNCF for the same reason of salary increase, metro stations could be closed and buses disrupted due to protests. For the moment, the SNCF traffic information does not announce any disturbance.
How do I know if my train is cancelled?
Another day of general and interprofessional strike is scheduled for Thursday, November 10, 2022. The site Cestlagreve already announces that the transport sector at the SNCF should be concerned, causing traffic disruptions. A strike call has also been filed by the RATP unions for this second day of interprofessional strike on 10 November.