Travel advisory
27 June 2011 French truck strike, lorry drivers go slow on French roads
Way old stuff
12, December, 09 Saturday, French truck drivers offered 4 percent pay raise, both sides still have to agree. Strike is called off.
3 Dec. French truck strike is on for Sunday, 9:30pm, that's when they go into position to block roads ready for Monday's traffic. Picks up from when the Italian truck strike ends. Better book an airline ticket, don't even think about driving.
French lorry strike, truck strike, threat as yet, for Sunday,13, December, 09. (Double whammy. Picks up the day the Italian truck driver strike ends) Five main French unions urging truck drivers to strike at a joint news conference today. French lorry drivers salaries have been frozen for two years. Unions have plans to block companies, access routes. In other words any company or product that has to do with Christmas. Expect ports and railway tracks to be blocked, duration of strike is not known.
Road blocks will effect traffic to Spain, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy, and trucks arriving by ferry. If strike goes on for any length of time, 4 days or more expect gas, food and medicine shortages. Hundreds of British trucks will become stranded.
9 June 08 French railway workers and other public service employees will go on strike tomorrow to protest government plans to cut jobs in the education, transport and other sectors. bloomberg.com
6/14/08 French hauliers on Monday tried to block roads in Paris and other areas to protest high fuel costs. Some taxi drivers also joined the protest
French fishermen from Mediterranean ports on Monday ended a three-week strike as truckers in the southwest staged fresh protests against soaring fuel prices.afp.google.com
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