Tens of thousands of workers across France have joined nationwide strikes against president Emmanuel Macron’s proposals to raise the country’s retirement age to 64.
There has been widespread disruption to train services, while teachers have walked out, leaving schools to close. Lorry drivers and rubbish collectors have also joined in – with fuel deliveries also halted – on what is the sixth day of nationwide action this year. The difference this time is that some sectors, including rail unions, have called for rolling strikes. “We will continue until the reform is withdrawn,” the head of the hardline Force Ouvriere (FO) union, Frederic Souillot, told RTL radio. Some rolling strikes have already started locally.
