KLM ground crews to go on strike at Amsterdam airport as summer holidays begin
The planned eight-hour strike would come at a very busy time for the airport, as school holidays start next week in parts of the Netherlands.
KLM said it would consider asking a court to forbid the strike, as it successfully did last month.
CNV said it was confident the strike would not be banned this time, as it said the circumstances had changed.
The court ruling in June cited security concerns at the airport related to the summit of NATO leaders that would be held in The Hague in the days prior to the announced strike.
KLM last week said it had made an offer for higher wages, but CNV said this was still too vague.
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