And taxi drivers are joining the fisherman strike melee.
29 May 2008
Strike Watch
Quimper, Arcachon, Cherbourg -fishermen still striking over the price of petrol and it is still spreading to other countries in EU such as Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
Also joined by some farmers and from Rennes to Caen, operation escargot...
Posted by CW at 9:06 AM 0 comments
27 May 2008
Strike Watch
French fisherman still on strike and apparently contagious as fishermen in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, are planning on closing ports tomorrow, as well.
Caen-Operation Escargot which made me laugh the first time I heard it but is a lot less funny when you are behind them trying to arrive at your destination. Will update who and why.
Posted by CW at 1:35 AM 0 comments
22 May 2008
Strike Watch
Fisherman snafu-ed center Paris yesterday, around the 7th, even closing down the Varennes station, protesting the higher price of diesel, having moved on from the strike of last week over the price of cabillaud.
I'm staying close to home today as there are demonstrations at 18:00 although I have not yet heard exactly where.
The RATP, RER, SNCF, and many unions of Air France are striking since last night at 8:00 PM to Friday morning. This pretty much covers all modes of transportation except for taxis so depending on feet is best bet today, although I suppose subways and buses are functioning normally.
This on top of the fact that I still have no internet connection even though I ordered it over a month ago makes me wonder about a new categorization for third world, because it is about 10 times faster to get a line in India.
Posted by CW at 1:33 AM 0 comments