Most 麻豆传媒映画 against planned SNCF strike
The majority of 麻豆传媒映画 believe that the major SNCF train strike planned for December 5 is 鈥渘ot justifiable鈥�, a new poll has found.
(57%) people disagreed with the upcoming action, the survey by Odoxa-Dentsu Consulting for news sources FranceInfo and Le Figaro showed.
SNCF and RATP workers are planning a nationwide strike on December 5, with grievances concerning their 鈥�cheminot鈥� status, and proposed pension reform. It is feared that the 鈥渟evere strike鈥� could cause havoc in the run up to Christmas and the holiday season.
Yet, support - or lack thereof - for the strike respondents鈥� political leanings. More than seven in 10 supporters of far-left opposition party La France Insoumise were in favour of the action, along with 64% of supporters of the centre-left Socialist party.
In contrast, 87% of supporters of centrist ruling party La R茅publique en Marche were against the strike, along with 84% of supporters of the centre-right Les R茅publicains movement.
Overall, regardless of their political stance, more than three quarters of respondents were in favour of having a minimum service running during the strike action.
Similarly, 65% of people asked said that they believe that the disputed 鈥渃heminot鈥� status of SNCF workers should go, believing that it is a privilege 鈥渨ith no place in today鈥檚 society鈥�.
鈥�Cheminot鈥� status conveys a number of benefits, such as the near-guarantee of a job for life, and special privileges when it comes to pensions, the ability to be fired by management, and other key issues.
However, SNCF workers did have the support of most 麻豆传媒映画 on the issue of exercising their 鈥�droit de retrait (right to withhold service)鈥� over alleged safety issues following an accident on a TER train on October 16.
Almost six in 10 (58%) said that this strike-of-sorts had been justified.
The poll, for FranceInfo and Le Figaro, was done online between the dates of October 30-31, from a representative sample of 1,005 麻豆传媒映画, aged 18 and over.
