File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_1997/97-04-08.015, message 18


From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:32:59 +0000
Subject:       (Fwd) Pilots at Air France Europe stage wildcat strike


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Date:          Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:11:35 -0800
From:          NewsHound <speak-AT-hound.com>

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Subject:       Pilots at Air France Europe stage wildcat strike



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Posted at 2:31 a.m. PST Friday, March 28, 1997
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Pilots at Air France Europe stage wildcat >>strike<<


PARIS (AP) -- Air France's domestic wing canceled several flights at Orly airport today when ground personnel staged the latest in a series of wildcat >>strikes<<.

The >>strike<<, which comes at the start of the long Easter weekend, will seriously disrupt Air France flights in Europe, spokeswoman Fabienne Brebessen said.

State radio France Info said all Orly flights would be canceled at least through this afternoon.

The airline's pilots earlier called a 48-hour >>strike<< for Monday and Tuesday. The unions have been protesting airline restructuring.

Air France Europe is merging with its parent company, state-run Air France, later this year. Pay cuts and some job losses are expected.

The head of state-owned Air France warned the pilots earlier this month that >>strikes<< planned for March and April would cost the airline $180 million.



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