The CGT joins the controller movement – Liberation
One more union joins the movement. And not least. In a press release Published on its website this Friday, April 11, the CGT-Cheminots in turn calls the SNCF drivers and controllers to a strike in early May. While South-Rail Asked the controllers to go on strike on Wednesday, May 7, in anticipation of the bridge weekend of 8-9-10 and May 11, the CGT encourages the movement on Monday, May 5.
Concretely, the union requests an increase and overhaul of premiums for controllers and drivers and criticizes certain tools used by the SNCF, in particular the management of schedules, which « Causes (nt) important inconveniences in everyday life » And « Participate (NT) in the degradation of relations between operators and chiefs ». The CGT-Cheminots also evokes the holding of a « national day of action all services » In early June.
Third union of the group but second among the controllers, Sud-Rail had called to strike on April 4. The union explained to raise the pressure after « Three sterile meetings without the slightest commitment of the management ». He claims, in addition to better anticipated schedules, an increase of 100 euros per month of the control bonus of the controllers.
THE Collective National Asct (CNA),, « Will support the mobilization dates provided by Sud Rail on May 9, 10 and 11, 2025 »announced the next day on its site this informal group of controllers on the initiative of strikes very followed by Christmas 2022 and February 2024. The CNA believes that « The controllers of France participate fully and daily in the good results of the company ». « We are aware of the efforts made since 2022 but we do not agree to see our working and life conditions deteriorate »writes the organization in a press release.
The CEO of SNCF Travelers, Christophe Fanichet, interviewed last weekend on France Inter, said he was very confident that travelers will have their train. « We have made very concrete advances (…) and this social dialogue, I am very confident, will allow all French people to travel in serenity in the coming weeks »he said.
