France begins large-scale strike against pension reform Influence spreads 5 December 19:48
In France, trade unions rebelling against the reform plan of the pension system that the government plans to announce soon will take a nationwide strike, and 90% of the number of trains will be suspended. It is.
The French government plans to announce a reform plan for the pension system next week in order to promote fiscal reconstruction, but the National Railways officials and faculty unions rebounded on May 5 because there was a risk that the amount of pension benefits could be reduced. , Has taken a nationwide strike.
As a result of this effect, 90% of the number of trains nationwide are suspended, and the number of subway trains in Paris has also decreased significantly, which has widened the impact on commuters and tourists.
At Montparnasse Station, one of the most popular terminal stations in Paris, which is usually crowded with many passengers, some of the staff members who were not participating in the strike were in charge of guidance.
A 36-year-old man who visited a couple from Spain for sightseeing said, “We had to change the train we had planned. I think it ’s a good thing for workers to argue, but it ’s a little painful.” I was talking.
The national railway staff unions have not given a deadline for the strike, and there are voices of concern that if it is prolonged, it will affect customers on Christmas holidays.