The main French union of air traffic controllers has agreed to postpone its strike until the Rugby World Cup, the Olympics and the Paralympic Games, hosted in Paris, end in September 2024.
The ‘Olympics Truce’, agreed upon by the SNCTA union, was announced yesterday, September 12, by the French Transport Minister, Clement Beaune, following a conciliation meeting with the union on Friday, September 8.
According to one of the National Secretaries of the SNCTA, the agreement entails an increase in compensation, a commitment to the Olympic Truce until September 2024 and the promise of a new salary discussion at this deadline, reports lemonde.fr.
The lifting of the September 15 strike would allow the ongoing Rugby World Cup to proceed without disruption, said Beaune. The previously scheduled air traffic control strikes would have caused chaos for the spectators who are travelling to attend the games.
