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DISRUPTION THREAT
Elsewhere on Monday, unions representing workers at ADP, which runs the capital’s two main airports, said they had called for a strike next week to demand Olympics bonuses for all staff and a “massive” recruitment plan.
Paris’s airports will be the main gateway into France for foreign visitors to the Olympics, with up to 350,000 people expected to transit there daily, as well as most athletes and their equipment.
The strike on July 17 will occur just before athletes are set to arrive to take up residence in the newly built Olympic Village in northern Paris.
ADP has built new temporary oversized baggage terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport to handle specialised sports equipment such as kayaks and bikes.
Ahead of the 1998 football World Cup in France, the last time the country hosted such a major sporting event, pilots at national carrier Air France went on strike on the eve of kick-off along with taxi drivers and other transport workers.
Police, air traffic controllers, rubbish collectors, central government employees, metro and train drivers as well as firefighters have all made pay demands ahead of the Olympics, seeking to use the leverage.
Chief Olympics organiser Tony Estanguet has called for a “truce” between unions and employers during the competition.
“I want us to welcome the world in the best possible conditions and we don’t want to spoil the party,” he told French television in February.
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