The railway strike
is likely to continue beyond next Tuesday. Invited this Sunday on franceinfo, Fabien Villedieu, one of the spokespersons for Sud-Rail, indicated that his union was asking the question of a renewable strike at the SNCF. “There will be general meetings, and we will decide there if we renew the strike”, he said. According to him, the first day of mobilization on October 18 should be well attended by railway workers: “The feedback is positive.”
If the movement at the SNCF is renewed, combined with the shortage of gasoline due to the strike at TotalEnergies, holiday departures could be disrupted next weekend for All Saints. “The big starts are from Friday. If the balance of power is very strong from Tuesday, the sliders can move very quickly”specified Fabien Villedieu, specifying that according to him, “when the bosses want it, it’s done in 24 hours”.
Sud-Rail wishes to extend the movement to all workers and lead a general strike. “We have to move” said Fabien Villedieu. This announcement comes as a march against “high cost of living” and the government
is organized this Sunday and while the Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne must “talking about the fuel shortage” at 8 p.m. on TF1
.
“We had method A, it was the government’s method. The Prime Minister asked companies, which have the possibility, to increase wages. Do they do it? It is clear that No. So we’re going to try method B. It’s over with kindness: we’re going to go on strike and we’re going to get the salary increases ourselves.”
The CGT, FO, Solidaires, the FSU and the youth organizations Fidl, Unef, MNL and the High School Life called last Thursday for a day of strike and interprofessional demonstrations on Tuesday, October 18
. Employees from all sectors are invited to mobilize for “wages and the defense of the right to strike”. The signatories denounce a “employer blocking situation” in the oil industry, and requisitions which constitute “an unacceptable attack on the constitutional right to strike and fundamental freedoms”.
Among the sectors concerned, transport and rail therefore, energy, shops, distribution and services, the public service, private clinics and retirement homes, or even vocational schools.