PARIS — A major strike paralyzed most of Paris’ metro network and city train grid on Friday, disrupting the daily commutes of millions of people, as workers demand greater pay hikes than offered by the management. The French capital’s RATP public transport company said six subway lines were closed, down from eight reported earlier on Friday, with the remaining lines operating only partially. “We call on businesses to make maximum use of home office working,” Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djeebbari said on Twitter. In recent years, Paris’s public transport system, one of the world’s busiest, has been thrown into chaos several times. Parisians remember above all the month-long walkouts in the fall of 2019 when public transport and railway workers protested against plans for pension reform by President Emmanuel Macron.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2022 21:07 UTC