Monday, March 26, 2018

FRENCH 112.1005-- Grève Aérienne et Ferroviaire en France -- AIR FRANCE & SNCF WALKOUT

FRENCH 112.1005 //UNIV OF NEVADA/RENO//SPRING/2018//MME C REDDEN//

(  Mack-SS0100)--  Following various details on the strike(s) in France: background, expected dates of walkouts, who's who..


Statut de Cheminot--The status guarantees a job for life, the average gross salary for a cheminot was € 3,090 (month)  in 2014, which is slightly higher than the average pre-tax salary in France: € 2,912 in 2013.  Family members are able to travel for free or at a reduced price, SNCF employees have 28 days of paid vacation, one more day than the average. Under the current system train drivers can retire as early as at 52 – a decade before the normal pension age.
http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/21/france-s-rolling-railway-strikes-the-cheminot-status-explained

 

Bulletins de Voyage-Alertes:

AIR FRANCE--

Staff will now strike on Tuesday April 3rd and Saturday April 7th. That's on top of the action already planned for March 30th (Good Friday), which looks like causing a major Easter headache for some travellers.  Unions representing pilots, cabin crew and ground staff have called the strikes to demand a 6 percent pay rise across the board to make up a loss of their spending power in recent years due to stagnating wages. Management is offering a basic increase of 1 percent to be paid in two installments and a range of incentives, which trade unions have dismissed as "small change".
The unions representing Air France staff have said they will toughen up the pace of the strike action in the face of the airline management which they say has "offered no concrete response" to the demands already expressed during the strikes of February 22nd and March 23rd.
 
 
 
 
 

SNCF--
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF, "National society of French railways" or "French National Railway Corporation") is France's national state-owned railway company. It operates the country's national rail traffic (including Monaco), including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight, and maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure.
The SNCF employs more than 180,000 people in 120 countries around the globe. The railway network consists of about 32,000 km (20,000 mi) of route, of which 1,800 km (1,100 mi) are high-speed lines and 14,500 km (9,000 mi) electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF

Calendrier de Grève Aérien et Ferroviaire en France:
 

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180326/french-rail-strikes-here-are-the-37-days-to-avoid-travelling-by-train


Another calendar:



https://faq.trainline.eu/article/674-sncf-french-rail-strikes-2018






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