Striking workers block Paris airport terminal

Striking airport workers have blocked part of Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, with some flights already delayed by at least one hour, Report informs, referring to Local France.

Last month, trade unions representing workers at the Aéroports de Paris (ADP) – the city’s Charles-de-Gaulle-Roissy and Orly airports – called for a strike between July 1st and July 5th in an ongoing dispute between French airport workers and bosses over contract renegotiations.

The second wave of protests is expected next week, after a strike notice filed for July 9th.

Tensions mounted on Friday morning as some 400 protesters staged a raucous demonstration at CDG’s Terminal 2E, which mostly deals with flights outside the Schengen zone, as police officers looked on.