SNCF: a strike the week of May 8 more and more likely

Negotiations are at a standstill between the management and the two unions that filed strike notice from Monday, May 5. If the strike takes place, the bulk of the disruptions should be concentrated from May 9 to 11.

The Minister of Transport hopes that the unions will return "to reason", allowing to avoid a strike on the trains during the long weekend of 8 May.

The CGT-Cheminots and SUD Rail voted a strike notice from May 5 to 11, during a bridge. Philippe Tabarot, regrets this Thursday morning that "some unions do not seem to want to move towards calm."

The management of the railway group closed the door to the controllers' requests for work schedules and bonuses at a meeting this Wednesday.

On 23 April, a meeting was held between SNCF management and SUD-Rail, which had filed strike notices around the bridges on 8 May. Both parties did not finally reach an agreement. The union did not rule out filing a further notice after 8 May.

The meeting held this Wednesday afternoon between SNCF management and SUD-Rail did not lead to an agreement. The union, which is calling for a 100 euro increase in the work premium, is now threatening to file a further notice beyond 8 May.