SNCF Controllers’ Strike: Fact-Checking the Debate on Remuneration | CheckNews

2024-02-27 20:44:26

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The controllers’ strike in mid-February reignited the debate around their remuneration, giving rise to a new battle of figures between the SNCF and the unions.

Claims regarding the income of SNCF train controllers multiplied before the strike action over the weekend of February 17-18. They came in particular from the leaders of the railway company. “Over the last two years, controllers have been increased by 500 euros more per month in salary,” said Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs, in the show C à vous, Wednesday February 14. On RTL, Jean-Pierre Farandou, the boss of the SNCF added that “the average monthly remuneration” of commercial train service agents (ASCT), like that of other railway workers, had increased by 20% in three years. “Adding up the increases is starting to pose a problem,” he commented.

In reaction, “alert rights were filed by almost all the CSEs (staff representation bodies) of SNCF Voyages,” Fabien Villedieu, Sud-Rail union representative, told CheckNews. The latter denounce “a railway worker bashing campaign in the media” which might lead to a “risk of increased attacks, outrages and conflictual relations between travelers and train crews, post-social conflict, following comments made by SNCF leaders in the media,” according to a version consulted by CheckNews. According to the railway worker, elected

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