The protests will lead to cancellations and delays at Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes airports, as well as serious disruptions to public transport.
The French trade union centers have issued a call for this Thursday, the eleventh day of protest, “to have as many workers and citizens as possible at the demonstrations”.
The meeting between the French Prime Minister and the trade unions about the pension reform ended Wednesday in “failure,” according to they confirmed labor unionsfor the negative by Elisabeth Borne van delete text legal.
The representatives of the eight main trade union centers read out a joint statement at the end of the meeting that lasted just under an hour. The main message he sent is that the unions are not willing to open negotiations on other labor issues, as Borne wanted, as long as he does not withdraw the pension reform.
The eleventh day of the strike sees cancellations and delays in four airports of the French state, in addition to strikes in the public transport.
The general strike will affect the Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes airports. From the airports, they advised passengers to contact their airline to check the status of their flight.
As for public transport, it will experience serious disruptions during the multisectoral strike. The national railway company SNCF has not confirmed the impact on train schedules. However, delays and cancellations are likely to occur on SNCF services throughout the French state.
Similar disruptions are likely to affect the services of the RATP in the capital and other regional public transport networks in urban centers in the French state. Strikes can also affect train traffic Eurostar and cause delays and cancellations.
The strike in several refineries and warehouses of fuel in protest against the law raising the retirement age, already affected about 40% of gas stations in the Paris region on Monday.
In addition, France’s General Confederation of Labor (CGT) formally presented a strike announcement on Wednesday to garbage collection service in the capital Paris, aiming to demand the repeal of the reform.
The garbage strike in Paris, which ended on March 29 after three weeks of strikes, was one of the most symbolic and visible movements of this wave of protests. Up to 10,000 tons of rubbish accumulated in the streets of the French capital, according to data released by the city council itself.
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