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SUD-Rail Calls 10 September Rail Strike as France’s September Unrest Mounts

The mobilizations respond to François Bayrou’s plan to cut about €44 billion from 2026 public spending.

La rentrée devrait s’accompagner d’une grogne sociale quasi généralisée.
François Bayrou dans sa ville de Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), sur une étape du Tour de France, le 19 juillet 2025.

Overview

  • SUD-Rail urged workers to "block everything in the rail sector" on 10 September, framing the austerity plan as a social rollback.
  • CGT-Cheminots will debate a possible strike next week and UNSA-Ferroviaire said a decision is expected by 1 September.
  • A citizen-led online push to "block everything" on 10 September has grown across Telegram and social platforms, though its real-world scale remains uncertain.
  • The national taxi federation plans to "bring the country to a halt" on 5 September with actions at airports, train stations, borders and fuel distribution sites, and it is not joining the 10 September call for now.
  • Pharmacists plan to close on 18 September and then every Saturday from 27 September, AP-HP unions are holding assemblies from 25 August toward a united hospital strike, and the CGT energy federation is mobilizing from 2 September.