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Article: 24-Hour Public Worker Strike Slows France; Hundreds of Thousands Protest Cutbacks in Social Security
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 25, 1995
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Striking public workers angered by plans to revamp the debt-
plagued social security system paralyzed most of France today,
forcing thousands to walk, hitchhike and bicycle to work.
In Paris, all 14 subway lines were shut down and 90 percent of
buses were idled. Across France, most long-distance trains were not
running. Only 16 percent of airline flights were operating.
The 24-hour strike by unions representing France's 5 million
public workers was the second major walkout in two months. A third is
planned on Tuesday.
Mail went undelivered. Most schools, banks, museums and government
offices were closed. Hospital service was scaled back. Open-air
markets in Paris and Neuilly were full of ...