Laurent Berger does not support the SNCF strike. “The CFDT does not support it, nor do I personally support it, simply because there is no particular context in this period that justifies signing this Christmas weekend, even where it circulates a lot, where people need to meet and spend time. as a family ”, he declared on BFMTV this Thursday, December 22.
“A series of salary advances have been obtained”
Guest of “Face à face”, the general secretary of the CFDT recalls that “this alert” of the strikers “has been launched since the end of October” and that “the CFDT-Cheminots negotiated with the employers and tried to move forward”. “A certain amount of salary advances have been obtained” and “despite the whole group of controllers outside the union organization and outside the CFDT has decided to go on strike,” he lamented.
On December 7, the SNCF management offered railway workers a salary increase of 5.9% on average in 2023 and a general increase of 2% for all accompanied by a “flat rate increase” of 600 euros gross per year. .
Source: BFM TV
