The circulation of regional trains will be disrupted Wednesday at the SNCF, due to a strike to demand an increase in wages which will affect the traffic in a way "
very variable according to the regions
", indicated Tuesday the public rail group.
The strike calls, launched by the CGT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail, will have “
no impact
” on long-distance trains, while “
adaptations
” of traffic will be put in place on the Transilien networks (trains regions in Île-de-France) and TER, a SNCF spokesperson told AFP.
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In Île-de-France, on the part of the RER B line that it operates (the other part being managed by the RATP), the SNCF anticipates “
disrupted
”
traffic
.
4 out of 5 trains will run during peak hours, and 3 out of 4 during off-peak hours.
The RER A and C will run normally, but 3 out of 4 trains are expected for the RER D and 7 out of 10 for the RER E. The social movement will also disrupt the trains on line N: the traffic will be "
severely disrupted
".
Finally, on line R, trains will be replaced by buses between Melun and Montereau.
Mobilization for salary increases
The railway workers are mobilizing Wednesday when a mandatory annual negotiation meeting (NAO) will be held on the remuneration between unions and management.
"
Give us back our money
", demands the CGT-Cheminots in its call for this national strike.
“
The management would like to impose in 2021 a 7th year of salary freeze.
However, the wealth produced by the railway workers is increasing
"and" at the
same time, the cost of living has continued to increase in recent years
", adds the first union of the SNCF, which calls for"
significant
"
increases
.
“
Seven years without a salary increase, it's time to say stop! (...) Everything is increasing except our wages
”, protest Unsa Rail (2nd union), SUD-Rail (3rd) and CFDT-Cheminots (4th) in a common leaflet, where these unions call on railway workers to demonstrate on Wednesday in front of the SNCF headquarters in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Among these three organizations, only SUD-Rail is also calling for a strike.
According to an internal source of the group, Wednesday's meeting must cover “
both
” on the year 2021 and “
make proposals
” for 2022. According to this source, “
since 2015, more than 95% of employees have seen their wages grow faster than inflation
”and the others benefited“
in 2018 and 2019
”from“
catch-up mechanisms
”.