French labor tensions ease as garbage collector strike ends


              People walk past a pile of garbage during the fourth day of a garbage collectors strike in Paris, France, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Trash is piling up on Paris streets because of a strike by garbage collectors angry over wage and career stagnation. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
People walk past a pile of garbage during the fourth day of a garbage collectors strike in Paris, France, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Trash is piling up on Paris streets because of a strike by garbage collectors angry over wage and career stagnation. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

PARIS (AP) - Air France is resuming negotiations with pilots' unions over hotly contested job cuts, and Paris garbage collectors have ended a smelly strike, soothing developments at the end of a week of high labor tensions.

Frustration over spending reductions erupted into violence earlier this week as union activists ripped clothes off Air France executives. The leading pilots' union, SNPL, said talks are resuming Friday with management about a sweeping cost-cutting plan that involves 2,900 job losses at France's money-losing flagship airline.

Air France would not comment.

In a separate labor dispute that left Paris streets crowded with overflowing trash cans, city officials and waste workers' unions reached an agreement Thursday night, ending a four-day strike. City hall said it agreed to raise pay for certain workers and consider expanding promotion opportunities.

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