France Transport Strike

Paris metro and other public transport workers walked off the job Friday over a planned pension overhaul, sparking huge traffic jams and forcing many people to stay home for the one-day strike action.

France may order striking rail employees back to work, Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said Friday, hours before the Euro 2016 football championship was due to kick off.

France's list of almost biblical woes has coincided with what is supposed to be Europe's biggest football celebration -- with 1.5 million visitors expected for the one month championship which starts on June 10

Striking railway workers were set to disrupt transport throughout France just 11 days before Euro 2016, as President Francois Hollande refused to back down over a labour dispute that has sparked months of protests.

The UberPop transport service will be forbidden in France beginning January 1, the French Interior Ministry said on Monday, the latest regulatory hurdle for the controversial car service company.

Thousands of flights in and out of French airports were cancelled on Wednesday as a strike by air traffic controllers intensified just hours before a nationwide rail strike was due to start.

French workers sought on Thursday to test President Nicolas Sarkozy's resolve on overhauling the pension system, staging a major strike that snarled transportation and closed schools and public offices for the second time this month.

Paris metro and other public transport workers walked off the job Friday over a planned pension overhaul, sparking huge traffic jams and forcing many people to stay home for the one-day strike action.

France may order striking rail employees back to work, Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said Friday, hours before the Euro 2016 football championship was due to kick off.

France's list of almost biblical woes has coincided with what is supposed to be Europe's biggest football celebration -- with 1.5 million visitors expected for the one month championship which starts on June 10

Striking railway workers were set to disrupt transport throughout France just 11 days before Euro 2016, as President Francois Hollande refused to back down over a labour dispute that has sparked months of protests.

The UberPop transport service will be forbidden in France beginning January 1, the French Interior Ministry said on Monday, the latest regulatory hurdle for the controversial car service company.

Thousands of flights in and out of French airports were cancelled on Wednesday as a strike by air traffic controllers intensified just hours before a nationwide rail strike was due to start.

French workers sought on Thursday to test President Nicolas Sarkozy's resolve on overhauling the pension system, staging a major strike that snarled transportation and closed schools and public offices for the second time this month.