France Strikes

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  Second Day Of Travel Chaos As French Air Traffic Controllers Strike

  French air traffic controllers staged the second day of a two-day strike, prompting the cancellation of flights affecting hundreds of thousands of people not just to-and-from France but also overflying the country.

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  Thousands March As France Paralysed By Strike Over Pension System

  A nationwide strike brought much of France to a standstill on Thursday to protest the government's planned overhaul of the pension system, one of President Emmanuel Macron most ambitious reforms.

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  Air France Strike, In Fifth Day, Has Affected 1,50,000

  Thousands of people faced flight cancellations in France today, the fifth day of a strike by Air France flight crew at the height of the holiday travel period, the airline said.

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  France Raises Questions Over Russia's Role in Fighting Islamic State

  France's Foreign Minister took a swipe at Russia today saying that it has talked a lot about striking Islamic State, but that if it wanted to prove its real intentions in Syria then it should stop "media strikes" and carry out real ones.

• 'Catastrophic' Air France Strike Drags On

  The longest-ever strike by Air France pilots was slammed as "catastrophic" by the airline sector Friday, as bitter talks over the company's low-cost subsidiary remained deadlocked.

• Air France Suspends Low-Cost Plan in Bid to End Strike

  French flag carrier Air France on Monday offered to freeze the expansion of its low-cost operation in a bid to end the longest strike at the airline since 1998.

• Strike by Air France Pilots Enters Second Week

  A strike by Air France pilots that has forced the airline to scrap more than half its flights stretched into its second week on Monday, with no sign of a breakthrough.

• Fresh Travel Disruption as Air France Pilots Extend Strike

  Passengers faced a second day of travel disruption on Tuesday as Air France pilots extended a strike in protest at the airline's plans to expand its low-cost subsidiary.

• Air France, Lufthansa Strikes Hit European Travel

  European travellers face growing disruption after Air France pilots began a week-long strike in a dispute over cost cuts and Lufthansa pilots called their fourth walkout in three weeks over early retirement rights.

• France: Strikes costing up to $557 million per day

  France's massive strikes are costing the national economy up to euro400 million ($557 million) each day, the French finance minister said Monday as workers continued to block oil refineries and trash incinerators to protest a plan to raise the retirement age to 62.Rotting piles of garbage - now at nearly 9,000 tons - are becoming a health hazard in...

• France asks airlines to cut flights ahead of strikes

  Weeks of protests over President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to change France's pension system were intensifying Monday in advance of a final parliamentary vote. But with approval expected, Mr Sarkozy faces the possibility that winning will not offer much political gain.Labor unions called for national work stoppages on Tuesday, adding to the disrupt...

• After France, now strike in Belgium

  Workers in France have been on an indefinite strike for the last four days protesting President Sarkozy's pension reforms. Strikes at all of the 12 oil refineries across France is causing reported fuel shortages. In Marseille, schools, trains, public transport and local garbage collection services have all been hit.Thousands of Eurostar passengers ...

• A second, smaller strike over pensions in France

  French workers sought on Thursday to test President Nicolas Sarkozy's resolve on overhauling the pension system, staging a major strike that snarled transportation and closed schools and public offices for the second time this month.