Royal is like coriander for the PS
That's a novel expression!
The strikes are because Macron wants to reform the SNCF to introduce "competition" and to take away many of the perks associated with cheminot (ie railway worker) status - which have been blamed for, among other things, the SNCFs funding problems (and "lazy overpaid public sector worker" tropes); as well s to introduce more "competition" to the
Of course, rather than considering why the SNCF has funding problems, this has been used to launch into an attack on one of the few remaing decent working class jobs. Which is a sad indictment of Macron and the priorities of the modern economy really.
What are the reform proposals? Does he intend to introduce open-access railway operators?
