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Published4. October 2024, 10:51
StrikeThe strike has ended – ferries are taking the travelers back to Corsica
There has been a strike in Corsica for 24 hours. The airports and ports were paralyzed. Operations resumed on Friday evening. The people of Switzerland who are affected tell us.
Corsica was sealed off from the outside world from Thursday evening to Friday evening.
All ports and airports were no longer operational due to a strike.
An agreement was reached on Friday afternoon and operations resumed.
On Friday afternoon, the striking union and the Corsican authorities reached an agreement. Ferry and airport operations resumed at 4:30 pm However, it may take some time for traffic chaos to return to normal.
The news makes many Swiss tourists breathe a sigh of relief. Many travelers had to stay overnight on their passage. Some were apparently stuck for up to 24 hours.
The strike delayed many travelers for several hours.
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It was not clear how long the strike would last
It seems that nothing was happening on the popular holiday island of Corsica since Thursday evening – Friday the situation looked the same for a long time. This also affected the Swiss who were staying on the French holiday island. Simon is one of them. He went on holiday with his family for a week and now he wants to go back to Switzerland. “Nobody is being told exactly what is going on and we don’t know how long the strike will last.”
“No one is told what exactly is going on.”
Simon, who is currently in Corsica with his family
They were told yesterday that tickets would be arranged for the ferry, which was due to leave on Friday morning – but that did not happen. They have little choice now but to wait. «We shouldn’t go too far from the ferry terminal in case something finally works. So we’ll stay in our car.”
“We lost a lot of money”
Another news scout explains that they are currently waiting for more information. “Everything is closed at the moment and things are going badly for the next few hours. We lost a lot of money because we had to book a hotel room for 400 euros per night.
Access to the port in Bastia is blocked.
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They were lucky and were able to move to a cheaper hotel in the meantime. “But if it goes any further, it will be very expensive.” Food is also difficult as they cannot cook for themselves and have an 18 month old baby with them.
Spontaneous strike by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The prefecture of Haute-Corse tells AFP that all ports and airports are still blocked on Friday morning. According to “Le Monde”, Corsica imports around 95 percent of its goods from the mainland and therefore depends on the ports and airports.
The situation occurred after a spontaneous movement of employees of the Corsican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). They want to protest against plans to privatize public transport on the island. The strike was called off on Friday evening after some discussion. Apparently an agreement was reached. It is not known exactly what this looks like.
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