FRANCE: AN EIGHTH NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST GOVERNMENT PLANS TO OVERHAUL PENSION SYSTEM CAUSES LITTLE DISRUPTION
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FRANCE: AN EIGHTH NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST GOVERNMENT PLANS TO OVERHAUL PENSION SYSTEM CAUSES LITTLE DISRUPTION
- Title: FRANCE: AN EIGHTH NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST GOVERNMENT PLANS TO OVERHAUL PENSION SYSTEM CAUSES LITTLE DISRUPTION
- Date: 3rd July 2003
- Summary: (W3) ROISSY, FRANCE (JUNE 19, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV PLANES ON TARMAC (3 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SLV MAIN HALL WITH PASSENGERS QUEUEING AT REGISTRATION DESK; SCU SCREENS; MV PASSENGERS WITH LUGGAGE 0.31 3. SLV MOTORWAY NEAR ROISSY: ELECTRONIC BOARD READING TRAFFIC JAMS 13KMS AND 9KMS; SLV TRAFFIC JAMS 0.57 (W3) PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 19, 2003) (REUTERS) 4. MV SAINT LAZARE STATION : VARIOUS OF COMMUTERS WALKING ALONG PLATFORMS; COMMUTERS LOOKING AT BOARDS; MAIN HALL WITH COMMUTERS 5. SLV ENTRANCE OF METRO STATION; SCU SCREEN READING NORMAL TRAFFIC; SLV METRO TRAIN ARRIVING WITH COMMUTERS ON PLATFORM/ COMMUTERS LEAVING AND ENTERING CARRIAGE; SLV METRO TRAIN LEAVING 2.32 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th July 2003 13:00
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- Location: ROISSY AND PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVABEZTZHL3KGUJIAML505QGZ7VT
- Story Text: An eighth national strike against French government
plans to overhaul the pension system has caused little
disruption as trade union-led protests showed further signs of
fizzling out.
Air traffic and most Parisian transport operated as
normal for rush-hour commuters on Thursday (June 19, 2003). Traffic
jams around the capital, in past weeks a sign of the impact
of transport strikes, were no worse than normal.
State rail authorities SNCF said two-thirds of express TGV
trains and all international Thalys and Eurostar services
should run as normal, though some slower regional and local
services might face heavier disruption.
The last national strike against government plans to force
everyone to work for longer to earn full retirement, on June
12, was notable for its failure to paralyse the country.
President Jacques Chirac's government is determined to
avoid a repeat of 1995 when street protests and strikes forced
his first conservative administration to abandon similar
reforms and ultimately pushed it into a power-sharing deal
with the left.
It has already won the support of two trade unions for the
overhaul, which is currently being debated in parliament, and
has instructed government departments to dock the pay of
striking public servants for days not worked.
Chirac hopes parliament will have passed the bill in time
for his annual July 14 address to the nation.
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