Strike at French national railway to continue through holidays

A strike of switch operators at French national railway company SNCF, which began on Thursday, is to continue over the holidays, as announced by four sector unions on Saturday.

SNCF switch operators serve the entire French rail network. Without them, no trains can run. The unions are demanding better recognition of their profession and an improvement in their working conditions.

Among other things, the unions denounced a shortage of staff, which worsens the working conditions of the driving personnel, and criticized a management decision to reduce the number of training sessions.