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Strikes
Posted: Tue 20 Mar 2018 23:15
by Lanark Lass
Is France planning a seies of strikes - not only rail workers but also air traffic controllers and civil servants? Something to do with Macron's planned changes?
Not in France at the moment but will be soon?
Posted: Wed 21 Mar 2018 10:44
by Helen
This is my go-to site for info about current and planned strikes
http://www.cestlagreve.fr
The French Air traffic Controllers are striking tomorrow
Posted: Wed 21 Mar 2018 10:54
by Lanark Lass
Thanks for that, Helen. Trying to sort out travel from the UK for early April. Looks tricky whether you fly or use the train!
Posted: Wed 21 Mar 2018 14:52
by dsd
The best bet would be to fly to Gerona, if you can sort out the last leg from there to here. We're so lucky in times of strike to have Spain so close; it's saved me hassle loads of times. English school holidays start this weekend so 'summer' flights are mainly starting next week
Good luck!
Posted: Wed 21 Mar 2018 17:54
by martyn94
Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2018 11:36
by russell
dsd wrote:The best bet would be to fly to Gerona, if you can sort out the last leg from there to here. We're so lucky in times of strike to have Spain so close; it's saved me hassle loads of times. English school holidays start this weekend so 'summer' flights are mainly starting next week
Good luck!
Doesn't always work. Ryanair have cancelled our daughter's flight from Stanstead to Barcelona today. Re-booked for Sunday with fingers crossed.
Russell
Strikes,
Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2018 15:35
by EILEEN
russell... the air traffic service here in France is also "doing" a strike today... so flights passing through from UK to Spain are also affected. So using Girona and Barcelona is not always a solution to strikes here!!
Re: Strikes,
Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2018 17:26
by russell
EILEEN wrote:russell... the air traffic service here in France is also "doing" a strike today... so flights passing through from UK to Spain are also affected. So using Girona and Barcelona is not always a solution to strikes here!!
Quite!
Russell
Posted: Wed 27 Jun 2018 12:48
by clarkebarry
Under the new reform plans, SNCF’s legal corporate status would change from a state enterprise (known as an EPIC) to what is known in many other countries as a limited or joint-stock company. The existing 150,000 rail workers will hold on to their generous employment rights but new recruits will not be given the job-for-life guarantees an automatic annual pay increase that SNCF employees have enjoyed for decades. Looks like early retirement rights are also likely to vanish but as part of a separate overhaul of the French pensions system. I think this is the reason why there are strikes across France