French air traffic control unions call off planned strike
Friday, June 3, 2016 @ 12:31 AM
The industrial action was due to begin on Friday June 3rd and continue until Sunday June 5th and would have led to thousands of flights being cancelled or delayed if it had gone ahead.
But after last ditch negotiations on Tuesday and Wednesday, two of the main air traffic control unions agreed to lift their strike threat.
With the SNCTA – the main union representing air traffic controllers and UNSA – the third largest union, agreeing to ditch planned industrial action, France’s secretary of state for transport Alain Vidalies said aviation traffic would be “almost normal” from June 3rd to 5th.
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