INTERVIEW
On the third day of the strike against the pension reform, public transport remains severely disrupted. The SNCF announces a TGV on 6 canceled and 85% of the Transilien suppressed. On Friday evening, the Prime Minister announced that he would present the government's bill on Wednesday, while the unions are invited to meet Jean-Paul Delevoye on Monday to discover the conclusions of the consultation. Eric Meyer, federal secretary of the Sud Rail union, third union of the SNCF, reacts to the microphone of Europe 1.
"We did not receive an invitation, and anyway we would not have gone," he says. "The Friday night Prime Minister's announcements have been on the table for several months, if not a year, the protesters want a questioning of the substance, and this is not proposed by the government. no negotiations. "
"What's left of special?"
The secretary also reacts to the announcements of Edouard Philippe on the abandonment of special diets. "The railway workers have already undergone two pension reforms, what is left of special? The calculation over the last six months, it remains only that," he says. In terms of number of quarter contributions, we are aligned with the general scheme. "And Eric Meyer to criticize the misconceptions about the situation of railway workers." Today, we are given the opportunity to open our pension rights. at age 52 but with haircuts if we have not done enough semesters. You will not find any railwayman retiring at age 52. "
On the subject of arduousness, Eric Meyer recalls the particular working conditions of railwaymen. "There are staggered hours, three eight, night work to scratch pebbles ... There are not only train drivers at the SNCF," he recalls. "We also have in equipment agents on the tracks at night, when it freezes, when it's hot ..."
A day of mobilization on Tuesday
The mobilization could last again next week. SUD-Rail has only one slogan: organize the strike so that the maximum number of railway workers can march during the new demonstration day on Tuesday. But also organize 150 general assemblies throughout the territory.
"Two factors will be decisive: the number of people on the street and the number of sectors on strike," Eric Meyer said. "Since Thursday, the number of sectors on strike is increasing." Refineries have joined the movement, as well as road hauliers who organize filter dams throughout the country.
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