"I'm looking for the train to Melun but as I can see there is no train in the station, which is very strange for the Gare de Lyon" Despite being late for work, Alexandre has a big smile: "C'est la vie, it's the strike in France".
No scene of disorganization in Parisian stations: the SNCF had warned travelers of this social movement.
“We received an email yesterday with a change: fewer trains, new ticket, but the train is maintained, for the moment everything is fine”, explains Philippe.
Hugues takes things from him in a less positive way: “It annoys me deeply because we have strikes all the time.
In fact it's just to annoy people on a daily basis.
For once we have a quiet summer, we are still bothered to leave!
“Diego is prosaic to him:” I no longer remembered that there was this strike.
We should have looked before.
In any case there will be a lot of strikes this year”
Faced with soaring inflation and as rail prepares for a summer of record attendance after two years marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the unions are demanding wage increases.
They are calling for a general wage increase of 6%, modeled on inflation over the year, from 5.8% in June according to INSEE.
“If the CEO of the SNCF wants to spend a quiet summer, he had better go to the checkout!
launches Éric Meyer, Federal Secretary of SUD-Rail.
If the management's proposal is a provocation, there will be spontaneous movements all over France.