Massive Strike Disrupts French Airlines

Communist News Network ^ | May 26, 2003

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PARIS, France --Flights are expected to be severely disrupted Tuesday in France as air traffic controllers walk off the job to protest government plans to reform the country's pension system.

Air France, the country's national carrier, said it would cancel 65 percent of short- and medium-haul flights during the one-day strike, which comes after a series of transport strikes earlier this month that brought much of France to a standstill.

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ping

[Mark]

Dearest France,

Take Governor Gray Davis, PLEASE! He will straighten things out.

[Joe Boucher]

If it's bad for the French, I'm a happy camper.
Hey frenchy, screw you.

[bert]

Goood

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I hope they never go back to work. The government and the unions promised them Utopia so they should now provide it. Why should pilots have to fly, anyway? That is exploitation and abuse.

[7 x 77]

Yes!

[evad]

PERFECT!

[browardchad]

The proposed changes call for lengthening the pay-in period required for public sector employees to qualify for a full pension.

What is the current pay-in period, I wonder -- a week? If so, that seems harsh; 24 hours employment should be enough to ensure a pension in France.

[boris]

As Dorothy Parker commented upon being informed of the death of Calvin Coolidge, "How can they tell?"

--Boris

[justrepublican]

Yes, Let them eat cake.