Male French Bus Drivers Don Skirts to Protest Shorts Ban in Heatwave
Bus drivers in the western French city of Nantes have sported skirts to work to show bosses their anger over being banned from wearing shorts CREDIT: PRESSE OCÉAN
Bus drivers in the western French city of Nantes turned up to work in skirts yesterday in protest at a ban on wearing shorts despite a searing heatwave currently bearing down on France.
With temperatures hitting record levels throughout the country, and authorities advising people to take urgent measures to avoid heatstroke, the idea of wearing long trousers was simply too much to bear for the drivers.
Denouncing “unacceptable” working conditions in buses that have no air conditioning, half a dozen of them took a stand by wearing skirts for the day.
“Our uniform is not appropriate for these high temperatures. We envy women at moments like this,” Didier Sauvetre a driver from the CFDT union told the local Presse Ocean news site.
“Our managers say shorts are not suitable for our profession. We’ve opted for provocation by coming in skirts, which are allowed for female drivers.”
“In this heatwave, the temperatures are reaching close to 50C (122 F) behind our windscreens. As we don’t have air conditioning in our buses, it’s unbearable in trousers,” said Gabriel Magner, another union member baring his legs.
The punishing heatwave has led to bus drivers wearing skirts CREDIT: PRESSE OCÉAN
“A modern approach would allow us to wear long shorts from time to time. Women drivers can wear skirts, but not the men. It’s a form of discrimination.”
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After a day in a skirt, Mr Magner said: “I can tell you that with today’s temperatures, it was rather agreeable.”
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