A French rail union has filed a strike notice covering the April school holidays and the May public holiday weekends, in a dispute over pay.
The Sud-Rail union was reported on Monday evening to have filed a strike notice covering weekends over the period of April 17th to June 2nd.
The weekend actions are understood to cover from 7pm each Thursday to 8am Monday – the period of the strike notice includes the Easter school holidays and the three long ‘pont’ weekends in May around the public holidays of May Day, VE Day and Ascension – peak travel times on the French railways.
The Sud Rail union represents train conductors, without whom the high-speed TGV and Intercité trains cannot run.
The dispute is understood to be linked to pay negotiations, and the union is still in talks with bosses over the latest pay deal – leaving some hope that the strike could be called off if an agreement is reached.
As with all French rail strikes, the exact level of disruption is unclear at this stage – a detailed strike timetable is usually released 48 hours in advance of each strike day. Any disruption would affect French national rail services, but not Eurostar routes. City public transport would also be unaffected.
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