- Title: FRANCE: RAILWAY STRIKE IN PARIS
- Date: 17th November 1967
- Summary: 1. GV EXT. PARIS STATION 0.05 2. SV ENTRANCE, TILT DOWN TO DESERTED STATION 0.10 3. GV INT. DESERTED PLATFORMS (2 SHOTS) 0.18 4. CU BAGGAGE TILT UP TO MAN WAITING 0.23 5. CU PAN PORTERS, TROLLEYS IDLE 0.27 6. SV PAILWAYMAN STANDING IDLE 0.30 7. GV DESERTED TRACK 0.35 8. LV ARMY LORRY IN STREET 0.40 9. SV PEOPLE BOARDING LORRY 0.53 Initials DHC/V/BOB/MJB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 2nd December 1967 12:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVAB9MGDAXW19I0H7Y8OO5UF92P1
- Story Text: PARISIANS HITCH-HIKED, CROWDED INTO BUSES, OR WALKED TO WORK TODAY (FRIDAY) AS SUBURBAN TRAIN DRIVERS STARTED A STRIKE WHICH THREATENS T LAST UNTIL MONDAY. THE TRAIN DRIVERS ARE STRIKING FOR HIGHER PAY, SHORTER HOURS, AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.
HALF THE SUBURBAN SERVICES HAD BEEN CUT, AND IN SOME AREAS 70 PER CENT OF TRAINS WERE NOT RUNNING.
MAIN LINE TRAINS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL WERE ONLY SLIGHTLY AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE, WHICH BEGAN AT MIDNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A CALL BY THE TWO-MILLION MEMBER CONFEDERATION GENERALE DU TRAVAIL.
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