Social movement Without a call for a union strike, the movement is harshly criticized
The SNCF will board 450 children on a TGV so that they can join their families despite the strikes. — AFP
With strike notices given for the Christmas and New Year weekends, the choice of date for train drivers leaves no one indifferent. “I think that deciding to strike on December 24 and 25 undermines the right to strike. After the years that we have known, there is this need to find each other. (…) 200,000 French people who will not be able to take their train to spend Christmas with their loved ones, it’s not worthy” this Thursday morning the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Christophe Béchu.
Asked about the possibility to resort to requisitions as had been done; made this fall during the strikes at TotalEnergies, Christophe Béchu ruled out this idea, judging that “it’s not an applicable solution” and that it would be “unconstitutional”. “My message and that of the whole government, it’s very simple, is to call on the strikers to come back. responsibility (…) and at the same time a call to the direction of the SNCF to maintain and renew the dialogue”, insists the minister.
SNCF President Jean-Pierre Farandou has some called him to “the responsibility TGV” so that they do not maintain their strike action over the New Year weekend. “For this weekend, it’s unfortunately too late (…) but there is no reason to punish the French twice,” on RTL, referring to the last weekend of the year. “I don't understand this strike. There is no call to the strike of no union,” he added, specifying that he would receive them on Friday to try to find a way out. the crisis.