Paris Transport Disrupted as Workers Protest Macron Reforms
- Stoppages on capital’s Metro are worst in more than decade
- Pensions, unemployment insurance, salaries under pressure
CGT Union members gather inside Paris public transport operator headquarters La Maison de la RATP in Paris on Sept. 13.
Photographer: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
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Paris was hit with its largest transport strike in more than a decade as opposition got underway to a series of reforms planned by President Emmanuel Macron.
The strike was called by unions representing transport workers who fear changes to France’s pension system -- the specifics haven’t yet been worked out -- will strip them of the right to retire earlier than workers in the private sector. More strikes are planned in coming days on other subjects, and unions are also preparing to oppose changes to France’s unemployment-insurance systems.