France increasingly on strike

"From one conflict to another. The torch of contention will be passed on", states Dominique Quinio. This Tuesday, November 20th, a French civil service strike is adding to the public transport industrial action that has lasted six days so far. "If there is a theme that links up these protests it is buying capacity. The high cost of living is the most shared subject of discontent. Thus trade unions are pulling this lever able to federate all employees in private and public sectors. By contrast, the government is striving to partition the problems, setting different social categories against one another. ... Prolongued strikes seriously damage countries' economies. Nobody will benefit from the deadlock going on and on. All parties appear ready to negotiate on Wednesday, or earlier. ... When can we hope for trains and metros to start working again ?"

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