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France: Airbus workers wildcat strike succeeds
Airbus workers in France have won a higher salary increase and a one-off payment.
After wildcat stoppage last month at factories in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, the unions (FO, CGC, CFTC and CFDT) could not agree to the latest offer before having taken it directly to the workers.
France: Sabotage at Renault factory
Workers at the Renault factory in Le Mans have been accused by management of sabotaging factory equipment.
The action appears to be a response to the sacking, ten days ago, of five workers for faute grave (gross misconduct). It is unclear how many of the 3000 workers were involved in the action, management has not specified exactly what form the sabotage took. The condemnation of the action by the CFDT union also fails to describe the action.
France: Strike over at Gare d'Austerlitz
Night-train cleaners at the Gare d'Austerlitz rail station in Paris have ended their strike after negotiations with management.
After a month of weekly one-day strikes the cleaners, employed by contractor TSI, at the Gare d'Austerlitz have returned to work.
France: Paris air traffic controllers strike
Staff held a one-day strike on Saturday in protest at plans to force workers to change sites and the planned rationalisation of the network.
Members of the CFDT and CGT unions were involved.
At Orly airport 50% of flights were cancelled with many more suffering significant delays, at Charles De Gaulle airport where the two unions are in the minority some 20% of flights were cancelled with others delayed.
France: Airport catering workers demonstrate
LSG-Gate-Gourmet workers threatened with dismissal as the management attempt to wind the company up demonstrated on Wednesday 4 April.
Many of the 853 workers facing the sack protested outside the company offices before moving to Roissy airport where they protested at the Lufthansa check-in desks, Lufthansa is the former owner of LSG.
