Traffic will be “very seriously disturbed” Tuesday for commuter trains and RERs operated by SNCF, due to a strike by Ile-de-France railway workers on the eve of a day of negotiations on bonuses received during the Olympic Games, announced Transilien SNCFFriday May 17.
SUD-Rail and the CGT-Cheminots are at the origin of this call for mobilization, joined in places by the UNSA-Ferroviaire. The strike falls the day after Pentecost Monday, and Transilien, which manages commuter train activities in Ile-de-France for SNCF, recommends postponing travel or favoring teleworking.
Negotiations concerning the bonuses allocated to railway workers mobilized during the Olympic Games are still underway at the SNCF, and a conclusive meeting must take place on Wednesday, the day after the strike.
Bonus of 1,000 euros gross to the RATP
Conversely, at the RATP, negotiations have been completed since Monday, and agents will receive on average a bonus of 1,000 euros gross, but which could go up to 2,500 euros gross for metro and RER drivers in particular. requested.
“We found that the negotiation was dragging a little and we wanted to provoke things”explained Agence France-Presse (AFP), Fabien Villedieu, federal secretary SUD-Rail. “We have a significant workload with 4,500 additional trains in August, so a whole series of colleagues will not be able to go on vacation”he recalled.
Similar strike movements took place in transport in the run-up to the Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 or in London in 2012, he underlined, specifying that “the only place where there hasn’t been one is China”. According to him, at least 90% of the drivers of line R of the Transilien and RER D should be on strike on Tuesday. In Ile-de-France, SNCF manages all suburban trains, RER C, D and E, and part of RER A and B.