France Strike

French Unions Strike To Keep Right To retire at 60

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Strikes across France delayed flights, closed schools and frustrated commuters Thursday as hundreds of thousands of workers protested go...

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French Strike Over Raising Retirement Age Past 60

AP | CHRISTINA OKELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Trains stood still and children played instead of studied as workers around France went on strike Thursday to protest President Nicolas ...

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French Civil Servants To Strike

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — A strike Tuesday in France is expected to disrupt trains, transport, postal services and schools as unions aim a new blow at President N...

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French Workers Strike To Protest Sarkozy's Economic Policies

AP | JEAN-MARIE GODARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — More than 1 million people marched in France on Thursday to demand the government do more to overcome the economic crisis, but planned s...

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France On Strike To Protest Government's Handling Of Financial Crisis

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: 2pm The unions who organized the nation-wide strike in France say 2.5 million workers have participated, BBC reports. French police have put ...

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Strike Costing France Up To 400 Mil Euros Per Day

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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With France braced for more walkouts this week, the rail strike over pension reforms is costing between 300 and 400 million euros (440 and 586 million...

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