Mobilization against pension reform, illustration - Olivier Coret / SIPA

The strike against the pension reform, which has disrupted rail traffic since December 5, has caused a shortfall of more than 600 million euros to the SNCF, said his boss Jean-Pierre Farandou in his wishes to railway workers this Monday.

"We have lost nearly 600 million euros, not counting the compensation for everyday travelers and shippers who will leave the railway to return to the road," said Jean-Pierre Farandou in a video broadcast internally .

A shortage of 20 million a day

SNCF generally estimates the loss of earnings during the strikes at 20 million a day, the commercial losses being far from being compensated by savings in wages, electricity and fuel. Added to this are the compensations it will have to pay to travelers and regions which subsidize local transport which it is difficult to quantify in advance and the costs generated by the search for alternative transport.

For example, the strike by episodes against the rail reform, two days out of five from April 3 to June 28, 2018, had cost around 890 million euros in lost revenue and reduced by 790 million la operating margin.

0.1% decline in sales

The turnover of the railway group had suddenly declined by 0.1% in 2018, to 33.3 billion euros, while it would have increased by 3.9% without the labor dispute according to management's calculations. . "The 2019 accounts will be strongly impacted", all the more "that we are not yet at the end of the count of the economic consequences", had warned Jean-Pierre Farandou in an interview with Le Monde on December 24.

“I express the hope that the strike which started on December 5, more than a month ago, will end. This strike seriously disrupts the lives of the French, affects the economy of our country and damages our business, "he lamented Monday.

A shortfall of at least 100 million for RATP

Railway workers on strike, "I respect their position," he observed, after thanking those who work. "However, I would like them to be aware of the progress achieved in terms of transition between the special regime and the new system," he noted. “I would remind you that 58% of statutory railway workers, including 3 out of 4 drivers, are not affected. And I would remind you that for the statutory railway workers concerned, the transition will be very gradual and the methods of calculating their pensions will give a result very close to the current regime. "

At RATP, also hard hit by the strike since December 5, the shortfall is currently estimated at "at least 100 million euros" according to a spokesperson.

A calculation for the moment purely mechanical on the 33rd day of the movement, the strike costing “at least 3 million per day”, he noted. Compensation to be negotiated at the end of the conflict will also be added with Ile-de-France Mobilités, the regional transport authority.

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