SNCF STRIKE. The SNCF controllers, who have filed strike notices for the Christmas and New Year weekends, have decided to maintain these mobilizations. What disturbances should we expect?
[Mis à jour le 19 décembre 2022 à 20h39] As families prepare to reunite for the end of year celebrations, two SNCF strikes are preparing for Christmas weekends from December 23 to 26 and New Year’s Eve from December 30 to January 2. The inter-union (CGT, CFDT Cheminots and Sud Rail) confirmed this on Monday via a press release broadcast by SUD-Rail, ultimately not accepting the proposals of the management of the railway company, which would have offered additional compensation of 600 € gross per year, an increased work bonus and also to move to 2 controllers per TGV train within 3 years in the event of the lifting of strike notices.
But if the notices are maintained, the collective of controllers, known as the “ASCT national collective” (CNA) decided to keep this strike notice without calling for a stoppage of work. If the controllers are divided, those who wish to go on strike have until mid-week to inform management. The railway company will be able to communicate traffic disruptions this Tuesday, December 20, 2022announced on BFMTV the CEO of SNCF Voyageurs Christophe Fanichet
Traffic disruptions are not yet known and will be officially known this Tuesday, December 20, 2022 regarding the strike from December 23 to 26, which falls on the Christmas weekend. But what we do know is that the movement should mainly affect the TGVs because it is on these lines that the controllers are the most unhappy. Users whose TGV is canceled will be notified by SMS or email, provided they have provided their contact details at the time of booking. On the other hand, TER users will not be notified personally. It will be necessary to check the traffic of the TER the day before its departure at 5 p.m.
For Christophe Fargallo, SNCF controller and member of the Sud-Rail union, if the controllers have “no intention of disturbing the general public for this Christmas period”, iHe estimates that there will be “a large majority of controllers who will strike”. To compensate for disturbances, “lhe management will replace the controller with a volunteer manager who will have had brief training. Yes, the trains are running, but in terms of train safety, it’s not going to be the same,” he announced on RMC.
Four unions, Unsa, SUD-Rail, CFDT and FO locally, have filed strike notices for weekends from Friday December 23 to Monday December 26, 2022 and Friday, December 30, 2022 to Monday, January 2, 2023, in order to put pressure in the context of negotiations with the SNCF. The secretary general of the CFDT Cheminots Thomas Cavel “awaits an awareness of the management on the specific condition of the controllers”, for whom the working conditions have deteriorated.