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Air France Unions Call For Strike During Euro 2016 Tournament

Three Air France pilot unions are calling for their members to go on strike over pay while the tournament Euro 2016 soccer championship  is underway. The announcement is the latest in a series of threats aimed at impacting the UEFA 2016 European Championship as the French president continues to refuse to budge on the labor reform legislation Looming strikes on trains are also threatening to bring chaos to France with less than two weeks before Euro 2016 kicks off, with unions demanding that controversial labor reforms are scrapped. RT reports: A spokesman for Spaf (Syndicat des Pilotes d’Air France), the second-largest Air France pilot union, announced the group’s intention to strike on Thursday, saying the action would take place from June 11 to June 14. The move was quickly backed by two other pilot unions, the SNPL and Alter. The strike is aimed at protesting the pilots’ pay, as well as defending the jobs of pilots as competition increases from Air France’s budget subsidiaries such as Hop! and Transavia, The Local reported. The Thursday announcement is the latest in a series of threats aimed at impacting the UEFA 2016 European Championship, which is scheduled to begin in Paris on June [...]