Strike action

French rail workers kicked off three months of rolling strikes on April 3, part of a wave of industrial action that will test President Emmanuel Macron's resolve to reshape France with sweeping reforms.rench rail workers kicked off three months of rolling strikes on April 3, part of a wave of industrial action that will test President Emmanuel Macron's resolve to reshape France with sweeping re

Air France unions representing both flight crews and ground staff announced on Sunday a new two-day strike for April 10th and 11th, the latest move in its pay dispute with the French flag carrier since February, reported the Local.fr

The French national railway company announced today that there will be a strike of its employees today and tomorrow (April 3 and 4), which will make it difficult for passengers to travel to Europe and across the country, Darik reported.

Air France said it expected to operate around 75 percent of its flights on April 3, the first day of a strike that will coincide with a larger stoppage on the rail network, paralyzing much of France's transport network.

Municipal sanitation workers have declared a strike next week to demand permanent jobs instead of short-term employment, in a bid to pressure the government ahead of the results of a competition by the state's ASEP hiring agency.

A showdown between French railway workers and President Emmanuel Macron's government grew more threatening on Tuesday after an internal labor union message suggested rail workers could paralyze services even outside of official strike days.

UN officials in Geneva today are on strike against cutting their salaries, BNT reports. Some 9500 people work at the UN in Geneva, and it is still unclear how many of them will be involved in the strike action, but the strike will break the work of the institution. The session of the UN Human Rights Council was canceled.

Greek rail workers will be holding a series of stoppages on Monday and a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, protesting staff shortages and the government's plans to privatize railway carriage maintenance firm Rosco.

Owners of photo studios across the country are up in arms over rumors that the Interior Ministry is proposing to assign the task of taking the portraits used on the country's national identification cards and passports to police officers.

Various unions have called Air France airline workers to go on strike on February 22 to demand a 6 percent salary increase, pointed out the organizers in a statement.
The strike seeks to show disagreement with the company's decision to increase salaries by one percent, which workers consider 'an act of begging'.