Workers in France’s education, transportation, healthcare and refinery sectors staged union-led strikes Tuesda, aimed at forcing the government to reverse course on its plan to raise the retirement age.
PARIS—Continuing strike action is eroding parliamentary support for French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed pension overhaul, with workers staging a new walkout that snarled traffic, canceled trains and shut some schools across the country.
For the third time in three weeks, teachers, bus drivers, nurses, oil-refinery workers and others staged union-led strikes Tuesday aimed at forcing the government to reverse course on its plan to raise the retirement age from 62 years old to 64 by 2030.
Masses of people took to the streets in demonstrations against the proposed overhaul that sprawled over dozens of French cities and towns including Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse.