The management of the SNCF granted a median increase of 3.1% to its employees, according to the UNSA and SUD-Rail unions, whose call for a strike was widely followed on this Wednesday by departures on vacation.
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After a round table with the management, the UNSA, the operator's second union, welcomed the "
encouraging measures
" which will have to be reviewed at the end of the year, its secretary told AFP. General Didier Mathis.
According to two unions, SNCF management is going to implement a general salary increase of 1.4%, accompanied by a bonus of 400 euros for all agents, and an increase of 100 euros in a gratuity for holidays.
According to them, the increase will be 3.7% for low salaries, and 2.2% for executives, i.e. a median of 3.1% (half is increased by more than 3.1%, half by less ).
"
The account is not there
", protested for its part the SUD-Rail federation, assuring in a press release that it "will
not resign itself to validating yet another decline in the purchasing power of SNCF employees.
".
The management of the SNCF has not yet confirmed this information and must speak on Wednesday afternoon on the outcome of the salary negotiations.