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France rail unions wage war on Macron with rolling strikes

Industrial action over government plans to change rail workers' benefits and status is set to continue for three months

France

French rail commuters brace for three-month strike

The rail strike is due to run for three months in successive waves of two days

Economy

Easter strikes ground passengers

Some staff members at Ryanair and Air France are striking over the Easter weekend.

France

Air France cancels quarter of its flights

The cancellations are due to a strike by staff

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French pensioners join public sector workers' protest over government

Tens of thousands of nurses, teachers, train drivers and other civil servants demonstrated against President Macron's planned reforms

France

French public sector sets collision course with Macron with strikes

Protesters are challenging the French president's economic reform plans

France

France's rolling railway strikes: The 'cheminot' status explained

37 days of rolling strikes by workers for French railway operator SNCF is set to cause much misery for passengers across the country till the end of June. But what are their demands? We explain the 'cheminot' status and why it is so important to rail workers.

France

Air France 'shirt-ripping': case goes to Paris appeals court

Today, twelve former and current Air France workers will appear before the Paris Court of Appeal charged with violence and vandalism.

World News

Flight delays at Charles de Gaulle as Air France pilots strike

Air France unions gather for the first time since 1993 to protest over pay.

France

French prison strike widens

Unions claim 115 of France’s 188 prisons are blocked by a strike by prison guards while prison authorities put the figure at 50.

Economy

Ryanair offers to recognise pilot unions

The Irish low-cost airline offers to recognise pilot unions for the first time in its 32-year history

Italy

Delays and cancellations expected as Italy air workers strike

Pilots and ground crew from Alitalia and some other airlines planning a day of industrial action on Friday in Italy. Cancellations and delays are expected.

Ireland

Ryanair to recognise pilot unions in historic move to stop strike

The low-cost Irish carrier is to hold talks with pilot unions amid strike threats in several countries ahead of Christmas.

Spain

Gridlock as Catalonia hit by general strike

The strike was called by the two main civic groups who support independence, with demands that their leaders be freed from prison

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Spanish strike causes chaos on roads

A strike called across Catalonia by pro-independence activists to protest the jailing of sacked regional politicians shut down roads causing huge tailbacks into Barcelona while some public transport ran minimum services.

France

400,000 protest against labour reforms in France

Up to 45,000 people in Paris and 400,000 across France have marched against Emmanuel Macron's labour reforms

Europe News

Belgium hit by 24-hour strike

Public sector workers in the French-speaking region of Belgium have gone on a 24-hour strike.

France

French public sector unions in first united strike in 10 years

For the first time in 10 years all of France's public sector unions have brought their members out on strike.

Spain

Catalan protesters strike with mixed feelings about future

Catalonia stages general strike but protesters are divided over region's future

Spain

Catalonia goes on strike in protest at Madrid's supression of referendum

A general strike has been called in Catalonia to protest against the alleged police violence of last weekend.