A strike at SNCF could take place from Thursday 15 February at 8pm until Monday 19 February at 8am because of dissatisfaction among ticket inspectors who want their professional status recognised.
The ticket inspectors at SNCF, France’s state-owned railway company, have reactivated the collective dispute that began in December 2022. The National Collective of Commercial Train Service Agents has persuaded the SUD-Rail union to give notice of a strike. If it comes to work stoppage, this will affect the holiday departures of students in zone A (Poitiers, Bordeaux, Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Grenoble, Dijon, Bezançon) and the mid-holiday weekend in zone C (Versailles, Paris, Créteil, Toulouse and Montpellier).
Strike at SNCF to recognise the importance of the ticket inspector’s job
The main demand of the protesters is recognition of the professional importance of the job of ticket inspector, with monthly bonuses of at least EUR 500 to be taken into account when determining pensions. The SNCF ticket inspectors are also unhappy about working hours and conditions. As far as the controllers are concerned, the management of the railway company has not kept its previous promises in this respect.
On the other hand, negotiations seem to be much more advanced between SNCF management and the state-owned operator’s rolling stock maintenance workers.
Protest action has begun in the maintenance centres of the TGV high-speed trains, and a strike notice has been given for 6 February (Tuesday), when trains are due to be ready for the departure of schoolchildren from the Ile-de-France region of Paris.
For employees in these centres, the administration has proposed a bonus of EUR 75 per month and a reassessment of how night-time hours are paid. All in all, these proposals would, according to the SUD-Rail union, mean a pay rise of EUR 800 to EUR 1 200 per year for each employee. Under these conditions, SUD-Rail could withdraw its strike notice.
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