SNCF STRIKE. This Thursday, January 19, 2023, the mobilization of the SNCF against the pension reform promises to be powerful, with a large participation of train drivers (TGV, TER, Intercités, RER). What to expect?
[Mis à jour le 16 janvier 2023 à 18h00] The CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT Cheminots unions called, via a single press release published the day after the presentation of the reform pensions, to a “powerful” day of strike everywhere in France this Thursday, January 19, 2023, condemning this “completely unfair” bill against which they declare themselves in “total opposition”.
Should SNCF users anticipate a Black Thursday? You should know that the unions are preparing for a “punch day” and that consequently the deletions of TGV, Intercités or TER could be numerous, with a significant participation of train drivers. “It’s hot, not boiling yet but it’s hot,” Erik Meyer, Federal Secretary SUD-Rail, told BFM on Monday. Didier Mathis, Secretary General of UNSA-Ferroviaire, said that the train drivers would be “at the rendezvous”.
The strike notice filed by the intersyndicale runs from Wednesday January 18, 2023 at 7 p.m. to Friday January 20, 2023 at 8 a.m. The disruptions planned for the TGV, TER and Intercités will be communicated between 24 and 48 hours in advance. The inter-union of the SNCF sees in this day of Thursday January 19 a “first day of strikes and interprofessional demonstrations” against the pension reform. Other days of strikes could therefore take place after next Thursday…
Like many other sectors, the transport sector is in battle order in the face of the pension reform presented on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, by the government of Elisabeth Borne. The SNCF and RATP unions have promised to “do everything possible to oppose” the reform carried out by Elisabeth Borne and assured that “division and inaction have no place”.