Commuters are railing at French train strikes as unions and management insist they won't back down. Some 80 percent of French high-speed trains stood still Monday as unions entered Day 4 of three months of periodic rolling strikes. The heads of the SNCF national rail authority and of leading union CGT stood firm Monday. Unions are angry at President Emmanuel Macron's plans to revoke a special status for rail drivers that allows benefits such as jobs for life. People supporting the rail workers, meanwhile, are crowdfunding online to help those losing pay because of the strikes.

Source: ABC News April 09, 2018 08:26 UTC