SNCF: RER B drivers called on strike Thursday

SNCF drivers operating on the RER B line are called on to strike Thursday by the CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and FO-Cheminots unions to denounce the deterioration of working conditions and demand wage increases, according to reports. union leaflets.

The RER B, which crosses the Paris region from northeast to southwest, is jointly operated by SNCF and RATP.

This call to strike concerns only SNCF employees.

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“

”, writes SUD-Rail in a leaflet addressed to the drivers and the managers of their schedules. The union calls for a "

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" of drivers or the improvement of the currently "

" working conditions of planning managers.

The CGT-Cheminots, for its part, calls on drivers, planning managers, traffic regulators and agents responsible for providing sound information to travelers at the station to a "

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" made to the detriment of "

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" of railway workers. The CGT also protests against the use of "

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This call to strike on the RER B line is part of a series of social movements in Île-de-France at the SNCF.

Last week, sales agents at the stations and controllers of the Transilien network (regional trains in the Ile-de-France region) were called on strike to denounce job cuts and the deterioration of working conditions.

On Monday, strike calls disrupted RER C and line N traffic. According to SNCF, two out of three RER C were canceled, while half of line N trains were canceled.

Also disrupted on Monday, RER E traffic will still be affected by a strike on Tuesday.

SNCF planned to run four out of five trains on part of this line during these two days.

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Regarding the RER C, the CGT-Cheminots demanded "

" as well as "

”of working conditions and remuneration of drivers.