Why railway workers choose the worst time to strike

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Many travelers at the Gare de Lyon, on July 1, for the first departures on summer vacation. Bruno Levesque/IP3 PRESS/MAXPPP

DECRYPTION – This Wednesday, the eve of school holidays, rail traffic will be disrupted due to yet another social movement. What exasperate the French.

The pandemic has not said its last word. But, at the SNCF, the world before is already back. The main unions of the railway group have thus chosen the approach of school holidays and the start of major departures to call for a strike movement and bring the trains to a halt.

What to exceed the French even if this social movement lasts only one day, this Wednesday. Users are going wild on social media. “No longer need the school holiday calendar, that of the dates of strike notice at the SNCF is enough”squeals Papou on Twitter.

“The date imposed itself on usjustifies Didier Mathis, secretary general of Unsa-ferroviaire. This Wednesday, the company invites us to a round table on wages. The argument fails to convince. “Railway workers are going back to their good old habitsestimates Yves Crozet, transport expert. They come out of the woods when their nuisance power is strongest.The possibility of “pissing off the French” seems…

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