Add InterestFrench riot police fired pepper spray at angry Air France employees who tried to storm a terminal at Paris' main airport Thursday amid a strike over pay that has grounded flights. Hundreds of noisy Air France staff demonstrated at the French airlines' headquarters at Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris' largest, brandishing flares, French tricolor flags and posters. Around 50 staff protesters got past police to enter one of airport's terminals, where they marched and set off horns before leaving. "We've been making an effort since 2011 and gotten a 30 percent rise in productivity and no increase in salary," said National Air France Group union chief Patrick Henry-Haye. Air France said that half of its long-haul flights departing from Paris will not operate Thursday.

Source: ABC News February 22, 2018 14:26 UTC