Mont Blanc tunnel workers on strike?

The Unions CGT, CFTC and FO lodged at the SGTMB (société de gestion du tunnel du Mont Blanc), a subsidiary of ATMB (Autoroutes et Tunnel du Mont Blanc), a strike notice for the period between Thursday June 11 at 6am to Friday June 12 at 6am. The unions are demanding, among other things, a pay increase of 2.1%. Unions condemn the difference in treatment between employees of the ATMB and its subsidiary in the mandatory annual negotiations and deplored the poor quality of social dialogue within the SGTMB. If the strike continues, it will cause free access to the tunnel. The management of ATMB estimated this process as "brutal". There was a discussion and proposals of the ATMB didn't suit the unions, said Gerard de Pablo, president of ATMB. Jean-Paul Chaumont, general manager, said that the average wages of SGTMB workers are 20% above those of the Autoroute Blanche workers.