French rail workers have agreed to launch a strike starting April 3 against the government's plan to overhaul the state-owned operator SNCF, the CGT union said Thursday.

The rolling strikes will be carried out on two days out of every five until June 28 unless the government drops its plan, which includes stripping new recruits of jobs-for-life and other benefits, the CGT said after a meeting of the company's four main unions.