“We are far from a dark week, there will be no week at a stop, but a week as normal as possible,” said the CEO of SNCF travelers Christophe Fanichet in the AFP interview before a week marked by several calls for attacks in the public group.
“The circulation will be normal from Monday, 5 to Thursday, May 8 on TGV,” he said and for the driver strike on May 9, 10 and 11, most trains will circulate. “If we have to cancel certain trains, our goal is to offer each client travel the day scheduled for their destination,” Christophe Fanichet promised.
He warned that disturbances located in certain regional lines or in Ile-de-France are also expected. Several personnel categories are requested that attacked Monday by the CGT-CHEMINOTS and South Rail to claim an increase in remuneration and a better anticipation of the schedules, too often modified in the last minute according to them. For the 8-Mayo bridge, an influential collective controllers called National Asct Collective (CNA) joined the call to mobilization, giving it a magnitude.
In addition to the promise of sending everyone by train, Christophe Fanichet has committed to this “that all customers were warned before leaving (on weekends, the editor’s note) with respect to his train back.” “That is, it is warned before the start of the bridge on Wednesday to circulate until Sunday, May 11,” he said.
Refundable tickets
“We are committed to giving freedom and choice to our clients,” added Christophe Fanichet. “I understand that some can worry, and I really get, that we put them in this difficult situation,” he apologized to the head of the railway company.
“Even if we manage to transport everyone, customers may prefer to give up their trip (…). And, therefore, as such, now, all tickets are interchangeable, reimbursable, free,” in the Inoui TGV as the Ouigo, for the week of May 5 to 11, Christophe Fanichet announced.
“I said that one could not afford a strike and confirm it, first because customers will test the competition (share the car or the bus, or our railway competitors) and I do not want to give my clients the desire to go elsewhere,” the manager warned.
“We already have thousands of reservations less for this May 8th bridge, SNCF Bashing ‘in debates and customers who will think twice for their next vacation,” he said, without wanting to quantify the deficit for the company.
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“We have been clear and consistent since the beginning of the exchanges we have had, we gave all your social dialogue opportunity, we did more than 35 meetings,” he said. “We listen and move, (…) we will give a readability about the weekly rest of the TGV bosses, at six months and not until three months,” he promised. And the highly criticized programs management tool will adapt.
“On the other hand, it was clearly said that, in remuneration, it would be no, because we did the job, more than 2.2% (average increase, note of the editor) by 2025, it is much more than inflation,” the CEO insisted.
“In May, 1,300 euros of profits of profits will be paid to the 65,000 SNCF traveler agents, whose edges. Therefore, there are more than 100 euros per month during the year, thanks to this profit benefit,” Christophe Fanichet also stressed.
Source: BFM TV
