On Friday, SNCF Voyageurs granted additional time to the group of controllers who are threatening to strike for the holiday season. “Some trade unions have asked for a postponement of the decision deadline”, when they theoretically had to respond Thursday evening to the proposals made by management, noted SNCF Voyageurs, which takes care of employees working in SNCF trains.
On Wednesday, a spokesman for the group of captains called “collective national ASCT” which brings together around 3,500 members on a Facebook page, assured that he was still in talks with management because, he said, “the account is not there. “. “Our desire (is) to leave every chance to the lifting of the notices”, underlined Friday the company to justify the additional time granted.
Increase in the work bonus and additional compensation on the negotiating table
These employees are demanding measures to improve their career development and salary increases. 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.
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.