France settles union dispute in French Guiana
The union strike that has stopped all Arianespace launches from French Guiana for the past month has been settled.
The article provides no details on the settlement itself. Instead, it outlines the company’s intention to complete all the scheduled launches they had planned for 2017.
Update: This story outlines the basic agreement.
It authorises an emergency relief plan of up to 2.1 billion euros, which includes funds for security, education, healthcare and business aid.
France had already approved 1.1 billion in aid for French Guiana at the beginning of April. The additional funds were offered to meet demands made by the collective and local representatives, who rejected the government’s initial offer.
France will prioritise the implementation of the spending plan, said Bareigts, who described the agreement as a “decisive day for the future of Guiana”.
Essentially, this is a payoff to the unions and group in French Guiana that organized the strike. I am sure a lot of the money will go for good purposes, but I am even more sure that a majority of it will simply end up in the pockets of the strike organizers, doing little to help the people of French Guiana themselves.
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The union strike that has stopped all Arianespace launches from French Guiana for the past month has been settled.
The article provides no details on the settlement itself. Instead, it outlines the company’s intention to complete all the scheduled launches they had planned for 2017.
Update: This story outlines the basic agreement.
It authorises an emergency relief plan of up to 2.1 billion euros, which includes funds for security, education, healthcare and business aid.
France had already approved 1.1 billion in aid for French Guiana at the beginning of April. The additional funds were offered to meet demands made by the collective and local representatives, who rejected the government’s initial offer.
France will prioritise the implementation of the spending plan, said Bareigts, who described the agreement as a “decisive day for the future of Guiana”.
Essentially, this is a payoff to the unions and group in French Guiana that organized the strike. I am sure a lot of the money will go for good purposes, but I am even more sure that a majority of it will simply end up in the pockets of the strike organizers, doing little to help the people of French Guiana themselves.
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€2.1 billion Paris pays to end the strike, French media writes. €8,000 per inhabitant. About the cost of eight Ariane 5 launches.
LocalFluff: Do you have a link to a story that details the settlement deal. I have not been able to find one.
Mr. Z.–
I’m seeing a lot of newer video/text, but its all in French.
I did come across this article– but you are going to have to translate it. (My Internet explorer runs it through Microsoft-translate.)
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/04/22/en-guyane-un-accord-a-3-milliards-d-euros_5115527_3224.html
The agreement was singed April 21, is called the “Guyana agreement,” and is valued at “up to 3 billion euro’s.”
Wayne: By using the name of the agreement that you provided in my google search, I was able to find a story in English from the French press that provided some details. I will now add it to my post.