France faces public sector strike
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France braces for three days of strikes expected to cause massive disruption in the public sector.
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French postal workers began a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, starting three days of industrial unrest which puts the spotlight on discontent with President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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French commuters struggled to work Thursday as public transport workers put President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform plans to the test with a 24-hour strike in defence of pension privileges.
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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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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs.
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France's public transportation network came to a halt Thursday as public sector workers staged a series of strikes in what is seen as the first big test for President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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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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French railway and energy workers kept up  the pressure on President Jacques Chirac's government on  Wednesday with strikes over working conditions that severely  reduced train traffic and curbed electricity output.
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France faced transport disruptions on  Saturday in some regions and a limited underground service in  Paris as a nationwide strike over pensions tailed off.
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France&#39;s center-right cabinet discussed  plans to reform ailing universities on Wednesday and to curb  some strike rights, a move that could put President Nicolas  Sarkozy on collision course with trade unions.
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A 24-hour strike that could be extended began at 8 p.m. to protest plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to overhaul early retirement plans for a limited group of public-sector workers.
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PARIS  - Trade unions took a massive swipe at President Jacques Chirac's conservative government Saturday, gathering more than 300,000 people at marches across France to protest plans to chip away at the country's shortened workweek.
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A general strike in Greece against a government pension reform cripples the nation's transport  and public services.
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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's first real test after five months in office comes at rush hour Thursday, with a strike disrupting flights, trains around Europe and stripping Paris of public transport _ all because of anger over plans to trim some retirement packages.
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Unions consider strike calls over government plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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Public transit strikes, a fact of life in France, would no longer force trains and buses to a complete halt under a controversial bill presented to parliament Tuesday.
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Many schools are shut as thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for higher wages.