France holds nationwide strike

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev – APA-Economics. French public sector workers are holding a day-long, nationwide strike to protest against the government’s social and economic policies, APA reports quoting BBC News. The strike was causing some transport disruption, French media reports said. Hundreds of train workers were expected to walk during the strike out over planned reforms to the pension service, prompting travel problems across the country’s rail network. Teachers protesting over job cuts were also joining the demonstration, along with other public sector workers complaining about conditions at work and their lack of spending power. National rail operator SNCF said services would be disrupted until early on Wednesday.
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