Planes, trains and museums: France's 2025 summer strike calendar
Here's a look at the major actions announced so far;
Air traffic controllers
- air traffic controllers have issued a two-day strike notice for Thursday, July 3rd and Friday, July 4th. That's just as the French school holidays start - school in France mostly break up on Friday 4th - and more strikes could follow during the peak summer holiday period if no agreement is reached.
The union is calling for 'a change of course to reinforce staffing levels, bring technical modernisation projects to fruition, and put operational priorities back at the heart of decision-making", and also denounced "toxic management". Full details
here
.
Railways -
the union Sud Rail has filed an open-ended strike notice until September 1st, although they say they're planning weekend-long or 2-3 day strikes on dates which are yet to be announced. A previous strike by Sud didn't actually cause any disruption on the network, this strike concerns railways staff including ticket inspectors, but not drivers. More details
here
.
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Autoroutes
- employees of Vinci, one of the companies that runs the French motorway network, have filed strike notices covering the summer holiday period, especially on the A8 in southern France. That dispute is about working conditions and lay-offs among staff who are responsible for the maintenance of the roads and service stations, plus operation of the
péages
. Vinci says that drivers should not be impacted - more details
here
.
Paris museum staff
- staff at 14 Paris museums
staged a one-day strike
, saying that their pay hasn't been increased for 17 years and most of them are on temporary contracts. This was only the museum guides and storytellers, so the museums stayed open but guided tours were disrupted. A couple of weeks earlier the Louvre saw a one-day walk out from staff who say their working conditions are intolerable.
Also in Paris, drivers on Metro Line 3 are in dispute with management, they already staged a one day strike that
halted traffic completely on Line 3
.
Taxi drivers
- taxi drivers are
still in dispute
with the government about changes to medical transport fees, plus what they say is unfair competition from VTC drivers like Uber. At the time of writing no fresh actions have been announced, but the dispute is not over so we could see more roadblocks and blockades of sites such as airport.
These are the main industrial actions for summer 2025 that had been announced at the time of writing - you can keep up with all the latest news in our Strikes section
HERE
.
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