The employees of the Paris airports have today withdrawn their strike notice. Proposals from the management for better pay convinced the staff during a vote.
Just hours before the start of the busy exodus for the French summer holidays, staff held a meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport. Airport operator Aéroports de Paris (ADP) is now offering all employees a 3 percent pay increase. There is also an adjustment of the wage scales. In addition, according to the CGT union, the wages of approximately 1,800 employees will be increased, who are currently still below the wage level of 2019.
The notice formally ends at 6 p.m. tonight. Yesterday, the unions at the fire brigade of the Paris airports had already reached an agreement with the airport manager. Their strike notice was subsequently withdrawn.
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Firefighters at Paris airports will not strike this weekend after all
pay cut
ADP’s staff had agreed to a pay cut in 2021 so that the airport operator could finish the corona crisis. There was also a voluntary severance package, but ADP also committed that wages could rise again to pre-corona levels once the effects of the crisis on traffic had passed.
On some routes, activity is already higher than in 2019, for example the summer flights to the south or the long-haul flights to the French overseas territories. ADP expects to make a profit again this year after a loss of 1.4 billion euros in the period 2020-2021.
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