Since Thursday, the social movement has paralyzed the ports and airports of the island of beauty.
The strike which has paralyzed Corsican ports and airports since Thursday afternoon has been lifted, a delegate from the Corsican workers’ union (STC) indicated this Friday afternoon, information confirmed to AFP by the two prefectures.
“The president (autonomist of the executive council of the island, Gilles) Simeoni has reached an agreement with the minister, we are lifting all the blockages”, declared to the media Laurent Filippi, of the Corsican workers’ union (STC), at the exit of a meeting between the prefects of Corsica and Haute-Corse and the inter-union STC-CGT-CFECGC.
The agreement was reached “at the time we were discussing”, said Laurent Filippi, ensuring that the unions were “ready to lift the system with immediate effect”. Contacted by AFP, the prefectures of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse confirmed the lifting of the strike.
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An agreement concluded with the ministry
“The terms of an agreement have been found”, also told AFP the entourage of Gilles Simeoni who had specified that discussions had been underway since Thursday evening between the president of the executive council of Corsica and the Minister of Partnership with the territories and Decentralization Catherine Vautrin. The ministry confirmed the conclusion of an agreement to AFP.
Thousands of travelers have been stranded since Thursday afternoon because of this strike movement over the future management of the island’s ports and airports. According to the Mediterranean maritime prefecture, five passenger ships were waiting at sea near the ports of Ajaccio and Bastia, unable to dock, with around 2,100 people on board in total.
This social movement followed Gilles Simeoni’s outburst of anger on Thursday over the reluctance expressed by a representative of the prefect on a system allowing the Chamber of Commerce (CCI) to continue to manage the island’s airports and ports.
