KLM ground crews to strike in Amsterdam as summer holidays begin

2/7/2025 16:35

KLM ground crews will go on strike at Amsterdam airport on July 9, unless the Dutch arm of airline group Air France KLM meets their demands for higher wages, labour union CNV said on Wednesday.



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.