“It’s symbolic,” Jouanno said of the power cut, speaking in a telephone interview. Some power grid workers can retire as young as 57, Jouanno said. Other workers who can retire before their sixties includes Paris Metro and train drivers and Paris Opera workers. That government compromise has split union opposition to the reform plan, and union representatives have started squabbling among themselves. ADOn Monday, about 15 union workers from the CGT invaded the Paris headquarters of moderate CFDT union and briefly cut off power in the building.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2020 12:22 UTC