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French rail unions call for July strike

By Trains Staff | June 27, 2022

| Last updated on February 26, 2024


Walkout could begin July 6

PARIS — French rail unions Sud Rail, CGT, and CFDT have called for a national strike by rail workers on July 6, Reuters reports.

The unions said in a joint statement that workers “are sharply hit by exploding inflation. We must act to obtain wage increases.”

The French call for a strike came as most rail service in the United Kingdom was being disrupted by strikes by most unions that began June 21 [see “Britain hit by biggest rail strike since 1990s,” Trains News Wire, June 21, 2022]. The UK unions had scheduled three days of strikes in June, the last on Saturday, June 25, but reportedly plan more in July.

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