French ministers try to stave off rail strikes with investment promises
Unions gearing up for a month of action over Macron's attack on industry standards
FRENCH Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne tried to stave off looming rail strikes today with an offer to invest €10 million (£8.9m) a day in the network if workers swallow attacks on their pay and conditions.
“Nobody has anything to gain from a protracted strike,” she pleaded a day after four unions — CGT, Sud, Unsa and CFDT — met to discuss joint strike action. They have warned of rolling strikes from March 12.
CGT secretary-general Laurent Brun says: “There is no doubt that it will take a month-long strike to get the government to back down. We will rise to the challenge.”
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