The SNCF announces Monday "almost normal traffic" on the Atlantic axis, "with a little over 90% of the traffic insured", while the agents have resumed "normally" work at the maintenance center of Chatillon, affected by several strike day since 21 October. "There will be nine Atlantic TGVs out of ten all week and traffic will be normal next week," said a spokesperson for the management. According to the SNCF, "the strike is completely over at the technicentre of Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine) .It is late to catch up.Today, everyone is at work.There are no worries about the number of trains revised and the quality of the work provided ".
SUD-Rail expects "clear and precise" answers
The situation is also normal in other technicentres, it was added. The union SUD-Rail said for its part that the agents had "disengaged at 9 am at the technicentre of the Landy" (maintenance of TGV North axis, Eurostar and Thalys), while a general meeting had been organized at the technicentre Southeast Europe (TGV South East axis). SUD-Rail "met Friday the direction Travel", with which "an inter-union round table is scheduled Wednesday afternoon" to discuss the situation of "all TGV technicentres," said Erik Meyer, federal secretary. "The three technicentres who have disengaged have made notebooks claims.All these claims were presented to the direction Travel.We expect clear and precise answers.The major issues are wages, purchasing power, career progress, perspectives and working conditions, "he said.
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On 21 October, a strike without warning was launched by 200 of the 700 or so employees of the technicentre in Châtillon, in response to a management plan to cancel an extra 12 days of rest a year to compensate for night work and weekend work. these agents who receive low wages. The withdrawal of the project the next day had not allowed to appease the strikers who demanded a payment of strike days and a premium, refused by management, or even better working conditions. The traffic was very disrupted last week, with up to 70% of TGVs removed for several days, during school holidays.