the agreement on bonuses for the Olympic Games validated by the majority of trade union organizations

The agreement proposed by the management of the SNCF for the payment of a specific bonus to railway workers mobilized during the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) was validated on Tuesday June 4 by Sud-Rail, but rejected by the CGT-Cheminots , announced the unions. Management proposes to pay a bonus of 95 euros gross per day to railway workers who will work during the Games, with a maximum ceiling of 1,900 euros.

The Sud-Rail union thus joins the CFDT-Cheminots and Unsa-Ferroviaire, which had already announced their intention to sign. A union majority is thus sufficient to validate the agreement, which is “fair with acceptable social and financial measures”according to Sud-Rail.

The bonus will concern around 50,000 railway workers mobilized wherever events take place – in Ile-de-France but also in Châteauroux, Saint-Etienne and Marseille – regardless of their profession (station agents, maintenance, drivers, etc.). The union was also delighted that“no profession is affected more than another, unlike the RATP for example”. On the side of the CGT-Cheminots, union number one but not the majority within the public group, the members “positioned themselves against [l’accord] by a very large majority”, its secretary general, Thierry Nier, announced to AFP.

This majority agreement allows the management of the SNCF and its president Jean-Pierre Farandou to breathe less than two months before the Olympics. The day before a conclusive meeting on these bonuses, an almost united strike in Ile-de-France paralyzed the RER and suburban trains in the region on May 21, in order to influence the negotiations.