Paris: French public sector staff will join rail workers in striking on Tuesday to protest reforms proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, with the country braced for possible major disruption.
The stoppages are part of a series of demonstrations by public sector staff against Macron, who has pledged to reduce public spending, trim jobs and overhaul large parts of the vast French state.
All unions representing civil servants have backed Tuesday’s strike, a rare show of unity that was last seen 10 years ago.
Their walk-out, which will affect schools, public kindergartens, flights and some energy infrastructure, is the third stoppage since Macron’s election in May 2017.
“Thanks to civil service, all of the unions in this country will be together,” said labour leader Bernadette Groison from the FSU union.
