FRANCE: IN PARIS RAIL STRIKE SPREADS TO METRO; IN TOULOUSE TRADESMEN AND CRAFTSMEN PROTEST HIGH COST OF LIVING.

Record ID: 342066

  • Title: FRANCE: IN PARIS RAIL STRIKE SPREADS TO METRO; IN TOULOUSE TRADESMEN AND CRAFTSMEN PROTEST HIGH COST OF LIVING.
  • Date: 16th September 1969
  • Summary: DESERTED STATION: INACTIVE RAILWAY BRIDGE: STRIKE HEADLINE: DESERTED METRO ENTRANCE: TIRES BURNING IN STREET: TRAFFIC: SMOKE. Initials KM/V/CT/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st October 1969 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS AND TOULOUSE FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA3C69KZYSBMKOP908TOP627OR4
  • Story Text: FRENCH INDUSTRIAL UNREST SPREAD TO THE PARIS UNDERGROUND TODAY AS THE SEVEN-DAY NATIONWIDE STRIKE BY TRAIN DRIVERS SHOWED SIGNS OF NEARING SETTLEMENT.

    THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE-CONTROLLED RAILWAY SYSTEM PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS WHICH WILL BE STUDIED BY UNION NEGOTIATORS. TODAY'S WALKOUTS HALTED TRAFFIC COMPLETELY ON MANY UNDERGROUND LINES WHILE SERVICES ON OTHERS WERE REDUCED BY UP TO 90 PER CENT.

    MEANWHILE IN TOULOUSE TRADESMEN AND CRAFTSMEN DEMONSTRATED THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN FRANCE BY STAGING A DEMONSTRATION IN THE MAIN SQUARE. AS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT, THE SHOPKEEPERS AND CRAFTSMEN CLOSED THEIR BUSINESSES TO MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS PROTESTING AGAINST HIGH TAXATION, THE RISE IN LICENSING FEES AND ABUSIVE CONTROLS. THEY CLAIM ALL THESE FACTORS LEAD TO A HIGHER COST OF LIVING.

    THE DEMONSTRATORS BLOCKED FOUR STREETS LEADING TO THE CITY'S MAIN SQUARE WITH OLD TIRES WHICH THEY THEN SET ABLAZE. THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF SMOKE BOMBS THROWN.
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