The degraded social climate in the airline industry might well complicate vacation departures. After an initial strike which forced the companies to cancel a quarter of their flights Thursday morning at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, the inter-union staff of Paris airports announced its intention to expand the movement “from 1is July “.
A spokesman for manager ADP said on Friday that it was not aware of a new strike call, which would indicate that a notice has not yet been formally filed. The inter-union obviously wants to put pressure on the wage negotiations which open on Tuesday with ADP. The seven organizations that make it up are demanding an increase of 300 euros for all employees. According to a trade unionist quoted by AFP, the management would have proposed in April 0.5% salary increase.
Traffic returning to pre-crisis levels
This outbreak of social fever is not the prerogative of Paris airports. For two years, air transport has faced the collapse in the number of passengers due to the Covid pandemic by multiplying its workforce reduction plans. But activity has rebounded strongly in recent weeks, with traffic likely to approach or exceed pre-crisis levels.
This accelerated recovery has overwhelmed some European airports, in Amsterdam-Schiphol, London and Frankfurt in particular, where lack of staff resulted in huge queues and hundreds of flight cancellations.
After downsizing, operators and their subcontractors find themselves with thousands of employees missing and have the greatest difficulty in recruiting . In Orly and Roissy, nearly 4,000 positions are to be filled, indicated ADP at the end of April. Airlines are not spared: SAS pilots are threatening unlimited movement from the end of June, the crews of low-cost Ryanair, easyJet and Volotea went on strike last Wednesday, and Ryanair cabin crew are considering doing strike this summer.
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