Europe1 .fr with AFP 12:05, November 08, 2021

A social movement disrupts the state of rail traffic in Alsace on Tuesday.

The unions denounce the working conditions and the safety of users, the lack of personnel on the lines, the decline in the attractiveness of the company and the threat of competition which is hovering more than ever.

Rail traffic will be severely disrupted in Alsace on Tuesday, due to a social movement.

Only one in four trains will run on certain lines, but TGV traffic should not be affected, SNCF and unions said Monday.

The line between Strasbourg and Mulhouse / Basel will be the most affected, with one TER in four, and there will be only two TER in five between Strasbourg and Metz, one in two between Strasbourg and Nancy.

No TER will run between Strasbourg and Paris, according to SNCF.

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The SNCF "invites its customers who have planned to travel by TER on the Alsatian territory this Tuesday, November 9 to take the necessary measures and precautions by getting information upstream".

The inter-union Sud Rail, CGT, CFDT-CGAAC (driving) and FO highlights two factors to explain this strike.

"The first point, common to all SNCF services in Alsace, is chronic understaffing. SNCF no longer attracts anyone, we no longer manage to recruit", underlines Alexandre Welsch, regional secretary for South Rail Alsace.

Denounce working conditions

Alexandre Welsch adds: "The status of railway workers is abrogated, all staff hired since January 1, 2020 are contractual, they are no longer in the status. And in addition, we have the specter of competition coming". "And the second point is the transport plan for the year 2022, which must be deployed on December 12. It is not acceptable as it is, knowing that to keep the current transport plan, we do not 'is not enough, and there we are expected to increase the workload, "continued Alexandre Welsch. "It is really a strike for working conditions and for users to travel in good conditions, it is their safety that is at stake."

The regional management "has opened discussions but today does not offer solutions", according to Alexandre Welsch.