Unions representing cabin crew at easyJet France have submitted a formal strike notice, citing a year-long deterioration in working conditions. The notice was lodged on Tuesday and spans the period from August 7 to September 2, giving union organisers the right to call strike days within that window provided they give 48 hours' advance notice for any specific day of action.
Union leadership signalled readiness to engage with easyJet management, and said the notice could be withdrawn should negotiations produce a satisfactory response. Prior to this notice, unions had already filed a labour dispute notification; that earlier filing was suspended because of wildfires in the Gironde area.
"For nearly a year, the unions have been warning easyJet management about the continuous deterioration of cabin crew working conditions: chronic schedule instability, last-minute changes, imposed trip patterns, particularly burdensome rotations, and a total lack of protective measures," the unions said in their statement.
The strike notice creates a four-week window during which union organisers may schedule industrial action with short notice. Union statements emphasise persistent concerns about roster stability, last-minute alterations to schedules, assigned trip patterns they describe as onerous, and an absence of protective measures for crew.
While the unions have publicly framed the notice as leverage for negotiations, they also left open the possibility of retracting the action if management meets their demands. The earlier labour dispute suspension related to wildfires in Gironde is cited by unions as the reason a prior process was paused.
The submitted notice does not itself specify exact strike dates. Rather, it establishes the authorised timeframe and the 48-hour notification requirement for any particular day of industrial action. Union representatives have said they will continue to engage with the company as discussions proceed.
This filing marks a formal escalation in the labour dialogue between cabin crew representatives and easyJet France management, while simultaneously preserving room for negotiation and potential withdrawal of the notice depending on the outcome of talks.