French strike over strike conditions

Posted February 6, 2012 06:07 PM by Terry Down    

CARGO and passenger flights across France face widespread disruption this week following a labour strike and poor weather conditions. Today sees the start of a four-day strike by pilots, cabin crew and airline workers. They are protesting about a bill, passed by France’s lower house of parliament in January, which forces air transport workers to provide 48 hours’ notice ahead of any industrial action, something French railway employees already have to do.

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