Teachers Join French Public Sector Strikes
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French teachers went on strike on Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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Hundreds of thousands of teachers, nurses, civil servants and other public workers marched in cities across France on Thursday during a one-day strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform plans.
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French commuters endured a second day of transport chaos Friday, as unions extended strikes against government plans to cut pension privileges for hundreds of thousands of rail and energy workers.
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Striking transport workers shut down most of France's rail network on Thursday in a protest over pensions, posing the biggest test yet of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ability to push through economic reforms.
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College lecturers stage a one-day strike as part of their campaign to get pay parity with school teachers.
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Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, with massive disruptions expected.
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France faced a second day of paralysed public transport Friday as two rail unions continued to strike over planned pension reforms and services only slowly started to resume.
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Millions of workers joined a general strike in Italy yesterday against the economic policies of Silvio Berlusconi's centre-Right government.
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Thousands of Palestinian civil servants strike over the failure of the Hamas-led government to pay wages.
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BERLIN/PARIS (from news wires) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France faced setbacks on two starkly different domestic fronts Thursday: a wave of strikes that swept through France and an official announcement that his 11-year marriage had come to an end. The 24-hour strike halted most trains, subways and buses around the country, which led to the cancellation of and classes at some schools and theatrical performances. Only 46 of the country's 700 high-speed trains were running. Many museums were closed. Workers at the state-owned electric and gas utility companies joined the walkout, leading to a reduction in electricity output. Meanwhile, all across Germany, commuters faced major disruptions for the second time in a week as train drivers began a new strike early on Thursday to support pay demands.
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MILLIONS of workers across Italy were today due to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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French civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike, as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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France's conservative government is vowing not to buckle under pressure from the worst strikes for two years, but a tough battle is brewing after a week of protests which have strengthened the unions' resolve.
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A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies.
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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plan to trim special retirement packages for some workers, part of his pledges to cut back on costly public services. The strikes began late Wednesday and were to last through Thursday.The first mass-scale problems for travelers and commuters were expected at Thursday morning rush hour. Paris transport authority RATP said traffic would be 'virtually nil' on most of its lines. The national rail network said it would be 'nearly paralyzed.' Read more
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France faced a second day of paralysing public transport strikes Friday as one smaller rail union decided to prolong its stoppage over planned pension reforms.
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Many schools are shut as thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for higher wages.