Should we prepare for a black Thursday at the SNCF? All the elements are in any case united for a strong mobilization with a union unit (CGT, Unsa, SUD and the CFDT) rarely observed that rejects en bloc the pension reform proposed by the government.
The strike notice presented runs from Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. to Friday, January 20, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.
If the traffic forecasts are going to be communicated by the SNCF the day before or the day before the strike, the unions want to mark the spirits with a “punch”. Therefore, train cancellations could be numerous.
Because on the driver’s side, participation in the strike can be important. For Erik Meyer, LDS-Rail federal secretary, “it’s hot, it’s not boiling yet but it’s hot,” he told us on Monday.
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The union intends to convince the drivers to make “a strong strike”, continues the manager.
On the Unsa side, it is indicated “that it is still early” to know “precisely” what the mobilization of the drivers will be. “But they will be there,” confesses Didier Mathis, UNSA-Ferroviaire’s general secretary.
For Sébastien Mariani, deputy general secretary of CFDT-Cheminots, the objective is “of course” that of “zero transport” for next Thursday.
What about controllers (head captains)? On this occasion, it is the groups that seem to take the lead, such as the collective ASCT at the origin of the very followed Christmas weekend strike organized on social networks, outside the unions.
Their mobilization could depend on the extension of the strikes this Thursday: “I think we will have to wait until the day (Thursday) to have a taste of the rest,” a member of this group slips to BFM Business.
Because the renewal of the movement is on everyone’s lips. In fact, the SNCF unions met on Monday, January 23 “to define the methods of mobilization to come and build the conditions for the success of the movement for the draft withdrawal of the reform.”
“If the government hasn’t listened to the anger on the street on January 19, the question of the consequences will arise,” says Erick Meyer on BFMTV. “We will decide according to the scope of the mobilization”, confirms Didier Mathis from Unsa-Ferroviaire.
Source: BFM TV
