He wanted to reassure those who were already anticipating numerous setbacks in transport during the Olympics. SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou expects that negotiations on bonuses for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for railway workers could “converge” in May or June, while saying he is “not pessimistic” in the face of the threat of strikes hanging over the Paris Games.
“Proposals” for bonuses “are being discussed” and “I think we will be able to converge in May, in June,” explained the boss of the public railway group on BFMTV/RMC this Friday March 29.
“At this stage”, for the Olympics, “I do not see any particular risk” of disruptions and “I am not pessimistic at all”, he replied, while the CGT has for example announced notices of strike covering the period of the Games (July 26-August 11) for the civil service and the RATP.
Bonuses based on leave
The railway company offers employees mobilized during the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games a bonus of 50 euros per day and an additional bonus of 200 to 500 euros depending on the period in which they take their leave.
The unions are skeptical about the figure of 1,500 euros (the maximum amount of cumulative bonuses), which they believe will be difficult to achieve or reserved for a small minority.
“We are in that order,” Jean-Pierre Farandou simply said about the amount of 1,500 euros in bonuses. In several sectors, unions are demanding bonuses and compensation for the Olympic period.
A bonus of up to 1,900 euros announced by Darmanin
Negotiations have been initiated in different sectors to counter a social conflict in the police, transport and hospitals, through compensation for postponed leave and overtime worked during the summer.
A bonus, up to 1,900 euros, was for example announced on January 30 by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin for police officers and gendarmes working in Ile-de-France. But the question is not completely resolved in many other sectors, such as transport, hotels or restaurants.