Train traffic could be less disrupted than announced.
If the strike notice of the CGT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail was maintained for the weekends of Christmas and New Year, the unions did not call for the strike of the controllers.
"We have decided to leave our union tool available" to allow those who wish to go on strike, said SUD-Rail on Monday, while the CGT also intends to give its members the opportunity to "get involved in the process”.
The collective of controllers had until Monday noon to give a response to the management's proposals, SNCF Voyageurs said on Friday.
The captains - official name of the controllers - demand measures to improve their career development and salary increases.
Management proposals deemed insufficient
SNCF Voyageurs made several proposals at the end of a round table on December 8, in order to calm the anger.
It proposed to increase the work bonus for controllers by 600 euros per year, part of which would be integrated into the salary in 2024, as well as an additional allowance of 600 euros gross per year.
Other specific promotion measures have been put on the table in order to facilitate the career development of skippers.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the collective, which brings together around 3,500 members on a Facebook page, assured AFP that he was still in talks with management because, he said, "the account is not there".
A controllers' strike on the first weekend of December had led the SNCF to cancel 60% of its TGV and Intercités.
Nearly half of the 9,000 captains then went on strike.
To put pressure on the management, the collective, with the support of the four representative unions of the group (CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots), filed two strike notices on the weekends of December 24, 25 and December 31 and January 1.
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