Trade unions representing the air traffic controllers have called for a strike on July 2nd and 3rd. Two unions announced that the workers were fed up with their salaries and the lack of resources pumped into their industry. The unions want fresh talks over the working conditions of its members and a particular item of contention is the pushing back of the retirement age for air traffic controllers from the age of 57 to 59.
English: http://www.thelocal.fr/20150623/frances-air-traffic-controllers-to-go-on-strike
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.