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EasyJet cabin crew scrap plans to strike over Christmas holidays

After accepting proposals offered by management for increased salaries, unions representing EasyJet cabin crew have withdrawn their threats to strike during the Christmas holiday period.

Published: 14 December 2022 16:49 CET

EasyJet cabin crew scrap plans to strike over Christmas holidays

An easyJet Airlines plane at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Unions representing flight attendants with EasyJet’s French subsidiary said that they were no longer calling on workers to strike, after the airline agreed to significant salary increases for 2023.

“Management came back to us with a new proposal that we could not refuse,” William Bourdon, the union representative for the SNPNC, which represents flight crews, told Le Parisien.

READ MORE: Christmas travel to France: What you need to know about strikes, services and prices

Leading unions, SNPNC and Unac, had threatened strike strike action during the Christmas holidays when the annual pay negotiations were unsuccessful at the end of November.

After continued discussions, the French subsidiary of EasyJet agreed to increase the base salary of cabin crew by 7.5 percent and pay the “Macron bonus” of €3,000 to all flight attendants – a proposal that unions accepted.

Other airlines have threatened to walk out during the Christmas holiday period.

READ MORE: How strikes will affect travel between France and the UK this Christmas

Air France cabin crew published a strike notice in November, promising “strong mobilisation” if a contractual solution to replace the Collective Agreement between unions and management was not found. The threat had not been withdrawn as of December 14th.

Train services in France could also be impacted by industrial action over the Christmas (December 23rd through 26th) and New Year (December 30th to January 2nd) weekends, with unions representing conductors and ticket collectors threatening to strike during those days. You can read more HERE.

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How Paris’s Olympic carpool lanes will work

Between July 15th and September 11th, ‘Olympic lanes’ will be in use along certain stretches of key roads in and around Paris.

These lanes will be reserved for use by accredited vehicles to transport athletes, accredited journalists and official delegations, as well as emergency and security vehicles, cabs, ambulances and public transport.

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The lanes will be activated on July 15, on the following roads:

A1 between Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Porte de la Chapelle, until September 11th;
A4 between Collégien and Porte de Bercy until August 13th, then from August 30th to September 8th;
A12 between Rocquencourt and Montigny le Bretonneux until August 13th, and again from August 27th to September 8th;
A13 between Porte Maillot and Rocquencourt until August 13th, then from August 27th to September 8th;
Boulevard périphérique, from Porte de Vanves to Porte de Bercy, via the north until August 13th, then from August 22th to September 11th;
Boulevard Circulaire (La Défense) until August 13th, then from August 22nd to September 11th;
Lanes on certain routes in Paris.

None of these roads will be closed – lanes along these routes that are not reserved for Olympic or Paralympic Games traffic are open to road users as usual.

The lanes in question will be signposted – signs, clearly marked with the words “Paris 2024”, will be in place from July 1st, and will be removed by the end of the day on September 15h.

READ ALSO How to use Paris public transport during the Olympics

Who can use dedicated Olympic lanes?

Only vehicles and road users that have been properly accredited by the Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games can travel along these lanes during the periods indicated above.

They include:

vehicles of accredited persons;
cabs;
public transport vehicles;
vehicles designed to facilitate the transport of people with reduced mobility;
and emergency and security vehicles.

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All other vehicles are prohibited from using these lanes throughout the Olympic Games period. Any vehicle circulating on an Olympic lane without having received prior authorisation is liable to a fine of €135 and possible further prosecution.

Road users without Olympic accreditation are advised to be aware of possible travel issues, as more vehicles are filtered into the other lanes. Therefore it would be wise to allow a little extra time for your journey if you are using one of the listed roads during the Games period.

An interactive map, showing routes with Olympic lanes is available here.

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