The mobilization continues. After a massive strike by controllers and the cancellation of 60% of TGV and Intercity trains this weekend, the SNCF is already preparing for a new day of mobilization on Wednesday.
This time, all the staff of the public group are called to stop work by the CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and the CFDT-Cheminots, in order to influence the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO) which open this day- the. The challenge: the revaluation of wages for the year 2023 while inflation is rife and the public group is facing the explosion of energy costs.
“The SNCF will announce, at the end of the year, record results”, advance SUD-Rail which calls for a substantial increase in wages.
According to the first forecasts published Monday evening, the conflict will mainly affect TERs in several regions (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est, Occitanie and PACA) and certain lines in Ile-de-France (C, D , E and N).
These negotiations take place in a tense period with the approach of the end of year celebrations with the conflict of the controllers which already poses the threat of a strike over the weekend of Christmas and that of the New Year.
The controllers will be received by the management
The collective behind the anger movement will be received on Thursday with the Unsa, SUD-Rail and CFDT unions to try to consider a way out of the crisis.
“We are going there in the spirit of finding solutions,” said Nicolas Limon, one of the founders of the National Collective ASCT, which brings together nearly 3,000 controllers on a dedicated Facebook page. Our line of sight is to lift the notices. We will not be difficult but we want serious things and no smoke. »
But the controllers are not the only ones to agitate the threat of a strike at the end of the year. The switchers, who complain of chronic understaffing and too low remuneration, filed a notice from December 15 to 19, the first weekend of the holidays.
Last year, a strike had already disrupted Friday Christmas vacation departures on the TGV South-East axis, before it was lifted at the last moment for the rest of the weekend thanks to the granting of bonus for drivers and controllers.