79resumed its advance after a break in 2002

In full conflict on PBS, it is a major vote which will take place today at the SNCF. The stakes of the vote of the some 165,000 railwaymen, whose results will be known tomorrow, exceed in effect the single railway undertaking, while two important Trade Union Congress must take place soon: the CGT, from 24 to 28 March at Lille, and of the CFDT, from 12 to 16 June in Grenoble.

If the cédétistes railway, who have paid the price very support of their central to the reform of pensions, back, cédétiste leader François Chérèque can hope to have finally finished with the accumulation of underperformance and give a more optimistic tone on the balance sheet in his first term.

In 2004, the defeat suffered at the SNCF by his organization ( 11 points to 7.47 for the delegates of the staff) explained in effect half of the loss of the hearing of the CFDT in professional elections, which has cut the gap with the CGT. Railway workers expect capitalize their support for the agreement of engagement that they have signed with three other minority organizations and which could not enter into force on the basis of the opposition of the CGT, South-rail, FO and the FGAAC (autonomous), and reconnect with a two-digit score. But, anyway, is virtually assured of at least a little progress. -Rolled after the departure of 60 of its troops to the SNCF, the CFDT could not nominate candidates in the elections that in less than half of the sites for the delegations of the staff in March 2004. This time, it will be present in 210 schools on 300 and in all regions for the elections to committees of establishment. On the militant workforce, are rather good, also argue the cédétistes railway. Past 10,000 to 3.800 members, they would be reassembled to 5,000.

Disagreements with Thibault

For the CGT, the issue of the election is no less. In March 2004, the plant had collected the votes of number of malcontents of the CFDT. Dramatically reversing its tendency to erosion, it had gained more than 5 points, 47.14.

To confirm this change, the Secretary-General of the Federation of railwaymen CGT, Didier the rest, is betting that his organization could radicalize its positioning to maintain, or even widen the gap with the organization which became in March 2004 the second railroad Union: South-rail, created in 1995 by internal opponents of the CFDT, which, 14.79resumed its advance after a break in 2002. It will be tomorrow if agents sanction Didier the rest for having scuppered the agreement of engagement to their report 560 euros, in total over two years, or if they will know him will have obtained through a day of strike in November last year, is attended only 25 of the officers, a premium of 120 euros in 2005 and a credited of 0.3 increase in 2006, and focused his speech on the refusal of the "case of the public service".

One thing is certain: the result of cégétistes railway will weigh heavy on the 48th Congress of the Central. Not only the cheminote Federation has broken with the strategy of opening of its predecessor, which was none other than Bernard Thibault, the current Secretary General of the Confederation, with the SNCF. But Didier the rest did not hesitate to oppose head-on him on the line of the CGT. On the European referendum, he ostensibly campaigned alongside supporters of the "no" policy while the CGT leader defends a line of trade union independence. He even stated publicly in November last having "a number of disagreements" with Bernard Thibault, without giving details. He was, since much more discreet.