Regional industrial action is set to cause disruption to train services in the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region, starting from 8pm this evening and running through until 8am on Wednesday 1 March. Timetable details are available on the SNCF Assistant App and on https://www.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires
Nationally, French railway unions have called for renewable strikes from next Tuesday, 7 March. All four of the unions representing workers at the SNCF are now backing industrial action. The CFDT-Cheminots, the final one of the four unions to call for strikes, gave its approval to the industrial action this afternoon. The unions are protesting at the government’s proposals to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Meteo France still has weather warnings in force for our region following the bad weather at the weekend which saw snow fall in parts of the Var. There's a yellow warning for high waves and flooding in the Var until 6am tomorrow morning and in the Alpes-Maritimes until 3am. A yellow avalanche warning is also in force for the Alpes-Maritimes.
The number of category A jobseekers in France, in other words those without any activity, remained stable in January according to French government data released today. The number of Category A jobseekers declined by 6,800 to 3.024 million. The total number of jobseekers in France, including those in partial activity, was 5.388 million, an increase of just over 13,000 people.
Nice Mayor Christian Es
