KLM Ground Crews to Strike in Amsterdam as Summer Holidays Begin

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KLM ground staff want to strike again. The intention is to stop working for 8 hours next Wednesday. This was announced by the unions CNV and FNV. Initially, the ground staff wanted to strike on Saturday. KLM successfully went to court last week to stop this. The judge called a strike that day irresponsible due to the holiday rush and the aftermath of the NATO summit. The unions are now confident that the strike will be allowed to go ahead.

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KLM's ground staff will still strike next Wednesday, CNV and FNV report. The strike will last eight hours, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM. "We want KLM to come up with something concrete for the ground staff. We will not buy anything for vague promises," the union states. KLM wants to talk to the unions to prevent a ground staff strike before any summary proceedings are initiated, says a spokeswoman for the airline.

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KLM ground staff will strike at Amsterdam Airport on 9 July if Air France-KLM's Dutch division does not respond to wage demands, as the CNV announced.

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KLM's ground staff will be striking next Wednesday, unions FNV and CNV announced this morning. The strike will last eight hours, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Walter de Vries, who has worked at Schiphol for 37 years, is indignant: "We feel like we don't matter. It's time they started appreciating our work." Walter de Vries started as a platform worker at the age of 19, and is now a team leader. He loves the job, but according to him, the skewed rela…