Commuters face chaos as transport workers strike (France)

mkpdavies · 23-11-2005, 02:51 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/sto...648662,00.html

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French commuters crammed on to trains and long-distance travellers faced lengthy waits yesterday as 23% of workers on the state-run railway system SNCF went on strike, disrupting national lines and Paris services in a protest against restructuring and what they see as creeping privatisation.
The transport woes will be compounded today by a planned one-day strike on the Paris Metro. Two unions representing secondary school teachers are to stop work tomorrow to protest at budget restrictions, job cuts and a new substitute-teacher system announced by the government.

Mass unemployment.
Riots.
Strikes.

The French are having a rough time of it. How much longer are they going to accept all the pain they are getting? Their government is virtually useless, with the EU owning them.

How much more if this are they going to take?

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