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French Railworkers Go on Strike
2005-11-22
"Riots are over. Let's go on strike!"
PARIS (AP) - Railworkers on the French state-run system went on strike Monday night with officials predicted major disruptions to national lines and Paris area commuter trains. The open-ended strike at the SNCF rail network, which started at 8 p.m., comes during a week of demonstrations planned by groups including teachers, researchers and Paris transit workers.

There was no way to gague the impact of the walkout late Monday. About two in five high-speed TGV trains were expected to operate as normal, while 80 percent of international trains would run, the SNCF said.

Four unions representing train drivers called the walkout to protest restructuring, job cuts, pay and what they see as creeping privatization of the train operator. Government and rail officials insisted that the unions' privatization fears were unfounded.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  I'll buy that RJ.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-11-22 16:58  

#6  If you want a sterling example of why the "youts" in the suburbs are malcontents (no job and no chance of getting one) you only have to look here. The unions in France are nuts. They kill any possibility of reform. I don't discount the muzzie component of the Frenchifada, but these assholes just strangle the country.
Posted by: remoteman   2005-11-22 14:26  

#5  The difference is not the "Railroads" meaning the machinery, But "Railroads" meaning the people who run them.

The machinery is first class, the people who strike at the drop of a "Cliche" are the problem.

Now if they could build a French (Machinery) Railroad, and use some other nationals to run them, yes then I'd buy their stock.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2005-11-22 14:18  

#4  "French Railworkers Go on Strike"

In other news: Dog bites man, and water is wet.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2005-11-22 13:32  

#3  Not so sure RJ, railroads are one of the things the French do pretty well.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-11-22 09:42  

#2  Government and rail officials insisted that the unions' privatization fears were unfounded.

No danger there, nobody in their right mind would buy that stock.

Posted by: Redneck Jim   2005-11-22 08:45  

#1  Four unions representing train drivers
That says it all.
Posted by: Spot   2005-11-22 08:43  

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