THE BIG STRIKE IN FRANCE IS NOW INSTALLED AND GETS UNLIMITED ACCORDING TO UNIONS

USPA NEWS - The Strike of December 17 brought together 1.8 million demonstrators throughout France according to the CGT, and 615,000 according to the Interior. This is a figure reminiscent of the last biggest demonstration similarly to the long strike of 1995. It is now two weeks that the Big Strike has commenced.
“¢ All French Unions have called a strike and a demonstration on Tuesday, which promises to be well attended. Indeed, they all came along, including the firefighters and the lawyers led by the National Council Bar, In Paris, the procession will set off at 1:30 p.m. from Place de la République to join Nation. Elsewhere the demonstration, was massively followed in most of the big cities (Nantes, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulouse“¦)
“¢ “¢ RATP and SNCF traffic is still "very disrupted" on Tuesday, with eight closed metro lines, 1 TGV out of 4 and 1 Transilien out of 5.
“¢ “¢ In National Education, the ministry plans 25% of teachers on strike, the unions 50%.

THE STRIKE HAS LASTED FOR 12 DAYS AND HARDENED AND ANNOUNCED TO BE UNLIMITED------------------ On the twelfth consecutive day of a strike against the pension reform, the disruptions are still very strong in transport throughout France, with in particular one TGV and one Transilien in three, and eight metro lines closed in Paris. The truckers joined the movement on Monday. Four unions in road transport and logistics higher wages and better working conditions. The specter of a Christmas without transport hangs over the end-of-year holidays: if Elisabeth Borne judges it "irresponsible" to announce that the trains will not run at Christmas, the CGT says that there will be no truce without withdrawing from the reform.. RATP and SNCF traffic is still "very disrupted" on Tuesday, with eight closed metro lines, 1 TGV out of 4 and 1 Transilien out of 5.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In National Education, the ministry plans 25% of teachers on strike, the unions 50%. Weakened by accusations of conflict of interest, Jean-Paul Delevoye, the High Commissioner for Pensions, resigned on Monday. According to the largest French investigative newspaper, Mediapart, "This is one of the most popular demonstrations of the past ten years. The executive faces increased mobilization after two weeks of strike. Alongside the inter-union, reformist unions united against the introduction of a pivotal age. For the moment, the government is not yielding anything. "This Tuesday, December 17 at the call of the inter-union FO-CGT-FSU-CFE-CGC-Solidaires, allied with three youth organizations (MNL, UNEF (Students) and UNL), but also - and it was unprecedented since 2010 - CFDT (The largest union in France), followed by UNSA and CFTC. After almost two weeks of strike and mobilization, the social movement against the pension reform does not disarm. “At least“ 615,000 demonstrators in France according to the Ministry of the Interior, and 1.8 million according to the CGT, and more than 70,000 people in Paris for the Occurrence cabinet (the CGT announces 350,000 people in Paris): from what to classify these demonstrations among the most provided of these last ten years. Source Mediapart