Striking unions cripple France

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Richard Lough
Updated December 5 2019 - 8:38pm, first published 8:35pm
Unions are planning strikes over pension reform they hope will cripple France's transport networks.
Unions are planning strikes over pension reform they hope will cripple France's transport networks.

Railway workers, teachers and emergency room medics have launched one of the biggest public sector strikes in France for decades, determined to force President Emmanuel Macron to abandon plans to overhaul France's pension system.

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