Will there be new air traffic controller strikes this weekend and next?

A new dark weekend in the sky? 70% of flights cancelled at Paris Orly Airport Over the weekend, the USAC-CGT air traffic controllers union filed a new strike notice for a strike from Friday, May 31 to Friday, June 7. The air traffic controllers are once again trying to protest a deal that would The Civil Aviation Administration (DGAC) and the major air traffic control union SNCTA signed theconcerning support measures for French air navigation reform, in particular wages.

In a strike notice sent to the Director General of Civil Aviation, Usac-CGT said it had sounded the alarm “Throughout the negotiation of the protocol, the nature of certain proposals in the text was unacceptable”accusing DGAC management “Continue loading” And no “At no time did I want to consider the expectations of a large number of DGAC agents.”.

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‘Public services are collapsing’

Minority unions condemn “The collapse of the public service and the differential treatment of different categories of workers has reached a peak and there is no passing”. “Social unrest is likely to be severe in the coming months”he threatened. He lamented the lack of fairness in salary increases and restructuring. «Postal Territory» Air Navigation Services, which, according to USAC-CGT, would lead to a deterioration of the public service. However, the agreement reached – rejected by the unions – the details of which remain confidential, provides for salary increases and comfortable benefits, It was revealed Le Figaro But that did not prevent a massive strike that resulted in the cancellation of thousands of flights in France on April 25.

This new strike notice is a copy of the one already submitted by the third trade union representing air traffic controllers, Usac-CGT, for a strike from 23 to 30 May. At the moment, the second trade union, Unsa-Icna, has not yet joined the strike call, unlike last weekend when only the mobilisation of Orly airport employees was called. Therefore, it is currently unknown what the impact of this strike notice will be on air traffic this weekend. Especially since, as Usac-CGT points out in its letter, the union is still at the mercy of the DGAC, “According to law”pour “Mediation Conference”.