Thousands March in Growing French Protests

[seriousstan]

PARIS (Reuters) - Some 210,000 public sector workers marched through French cities on Thursday in widening protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.


On the third day of protests, some schools closed because of a one-day strike by teachers, and a stoppage by air traffic controllers grounded flights at Bordeaux in western France.


The protests followed a warning strike by rail workers that severely disrupted rail traffic across France on Wednesday and protests by energy and postal workers earlier this week.


Unions said 50,000 had joined a protest march that snaked noisily through Paris, though police put the number at 20,000.
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[hector459]

1. Anyone but me think our CIA may have something to do with this?

I bet.

[seriousstan]

4. Not that I know of. You seem to be the only tinfoiler on this one.

[gatorboy]

2. Sounds more like a country that knows how to protest when it needs to.

We could probably learn a thing or two. Back to sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzz.

[TO Kid]

3. Looks like a break with tradition

The French usually do the wildcat strikes in October.