If the strike goes ahead, it will take place just one day before the arrival of athletes for the 2024 Olympics.
Paris airport workers threaten to go on strike before the start of the Olympic Games.
The unions representing workers at Paris Airports (ADP) – including Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports – They call a strike for Wednesday, July 17.
The reason for the strike? A dispute over staff bonuses. If the strike by the CGT, CFDT, FO and UNSA unions prospers, it could cause disruption just nine days before the first day of the Games.
Why might Paris airport workers go on strike?
Unions they are not happy with ADP workers not receiving the call olympic cousin. In a statement, they denounce “the unilateral decisions of the general director to pay a bonus only part of the staff“.
As he Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport such as Orly will be the main entry doors for tourists to France on the occasion of the Olympic Games, whose opening ceremony is scheduled for July 26.
The newspaper ‘Le Monde’ estimates that up to 350,000 people will travel through the airports during the Olympics. And not just sports fans: Thousands of athletes will begin to arrive at the Olympic Village from July 18before the opening ceremony.
Airport staff are not the only ones raising demands against the Games.
The unions that represent French public sector workers They have demanded a salary increase for having to work during the event, which will last until August 11.
The police, the air traffic controllers, the garbage collectors, the officials of the central administration and train drivers They have also asked for increases.
However, the airport strike announcement comes a day after the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) unexpectedly obtained the largest number of seats in early elections called by President Emmanuel Macron.
In his electoral promises, the NFP called for an increase in the minimum wageas well as significant wage increases for public sector workers. The scope of the ADP strike call is still unclear.
These types of strikes They do not usually cause flight cancellationsbut they can cause chaos at airport security and baggage carousels, depending on the number of employees who go on strike.
