SNCF STRIKE 21 MARCH. The strike against the pension reform continues this Monday, March 20 on the rails of the SNCF, with TGV, TER and Transiliens still disrupted. What about Tuesday’s forecast?
[Updated March 20, 2023 at 12:52 p.m.] This Monday, March 20, the strike against the pension reform is still continuing at the SNCF. In terms of disruptions, nearly 4 out of 5 TGV or OUIGO, 2 out of 3 TER and 3 out of 5 Intercités are circulating on the territory this Monday. The Intercités will not run tonight. “Traffic will remain disrupted on Tuesday March 21”, SNCF has already announced on its official website without providing further information on the forecasts for the moment.
Indeed, with the recourse to 49.3 by the government to have the pension reform adopted, the inter-union of the SNCF called for the continuation of the renewable strike, letting travelers predict new disturbances in the days to come. “The high point is expected on Thursday March 23, unless a motion of censure against the government is adopted or if the reform is withdrawn,” commented AFP Didier Mathis, secretary general of Unsa-Ferroviaire. Check out the traffic forecast below:
“As part of the national interprofessional social movement, train traffic will remain disrupted on certain lines operated by SNCF Voyageurs on Monday March 20, in a manner broadly similar to the previous days”, announces the SNCF on its official website. Here are the detailed SNCF traffic forecasts for March 20:
The government’s forced passage with the use of Article 49.3 on Thursday March 16 to have the pension reform adopted prompted the inter-union (CGT-Cheminots, Unsa-Ferroviaire, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots) to propose to SNCF agents to continue the renewable strike and to “act massively on March 23”. “Social protest must grow and expand”, announced in a press release the CGT, considering this act of the government as “yet another arm of honor to the social movement”.
According to a union source, 27% of drivers, 11% of controllers and 8% of signalmen are strikers. “The level of strikers is still high compared to the duration of the movement”, commented Didier Mathis, secretary general of Unsa-Ferroviaire.
