Striking
French train workers have occupied a building in a protest against
President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to the state-run rail company.
At least
150 union activists mounted fire stairs to enter the freight offices
of rail company SNCF in the Paris suburb of Clichy in Monday’s
protest action, AP said. Riot police surrounded the site and blocked
the road outside while protesters lit flares, hung huge banners from
windows and sang protest songs. Many of the employees appeared to
have left the building.
Most
trains in France were cancelled Monday, the ninth day of a nationwide
strike over a plan to take away worker benefits to allow the company
to open up to competition.
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