Traffic slightly disrupted on the TGV network but no longer on the TER, Intercités and RER lines... What to expect at the SNCF, in the airports and at the RATP during the strike on November 5?

As part of the social mobilization for purchasing power this Thursday, we must expect disruptions in transport, particularly at the SNCF. Indeed, for the first time since last June, the four unions of the railway company (CGT Cheminots, Sud Rail, Unsa Ferroviaire and CFDT) together called for a strike from November 4 at 7 p.m. to November 6 at 8 a.m., the day of the inaugural journey of the TGV M. The SNCF thus anticipates "slightly disrupted" TGV traffic, and "disrupted" on most other lines (Intercités, TER and Transiliens in the suburbs). Parisian).

“All TGV and Intercités customers whose train has been canceled will be contacted again and will be able to exchange or refund their ticket free of charge,” specifies SNCF Voyageurs. The inter-union denounces "the social downgrading" of railway workers and salaries that are too low in an inflationary context. The union organizations are demanding salary measures (+2.6% for all, demands Unsa Ferroviaire while Sud Rail wants 400 euros more per month) to compensate for "the increase in the cost of living" but also negotiations on living and working conditions, the social unity of the group, and more recruitment.

The unions point out that the group "has the means" to accept these increases, notably with 1.2 billion euros in profits in the first half. “The group knows how to pass on inflation to the price of its services, it must also take into account its effects on the purchasing power of its employees,” says the Unsa railway. While Sud-Rail speaks of “contempt”.

SNCF management announces a bonus of 400 euros At the end of a meeting this Tuesday, management proposed additional measures to those announced after the June 10 strike: payment of the value sharing bonus of 400 euros paid at the end of November, an increase in mileage expense allowances of 5% and Sunday, holiday and night allowances also increased. The next NAOs will take place in January. In the air sector, no strike notice has been filed but air traffic controllers who are civil servants can therefore join the notices filed in the civil service.

The USAC-CGT, the first union of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC), is also calling on its agents to strike, as is Sud Aérien for ground staff at airports. Depending on the declarations of intention to stop work, the DGAC will indicate to airlines by Wednesday the volume of flights to be eliminated. In Paris and Ile-de-France transport, no notice has been submitted to the RATP either.

But remember that the CGT launched in September an unlimited notice which could be used by agents for this Thursday. As for the RERs operated by the SNCF, they will also be disrupted.

Machine-translated from French