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French public sector employees join rail workers in striking Tuesday to protest overhauls proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, calling them an "attack" by the centrist leader against civil services as well as their economic security. IMAGES from Marseille
Public sector workers in Northern Ireland rally in Belfast as tens of thousands of employees go on mass strike, with no end in sight to a protracted political crisis that has left the UK province without a devolved government for almost two years. IMAGES
Kolkata / Bhopal / Mumbai, Mar 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary / Divyakant Solanki / Sanjeev Gupta) .- More than a million workers carried out a strike this Monday in different cities of India in against the privatization of public sector banks.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN KOLKATA, BHPAL AND MUMBAI
The Louvre museum in Paris shut down Friday after striking workers blocked the entrance, management said, in the latest protest against plans to overhaul France's pension system. Hundreds of disappointed visitors massed in front of the entrance to the world's most visited museum, some hurling insults at the striking workers, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. IMAGES
The minister for Ecological Transition, Elisabeth Borne, and Secretary of State for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebarri, arrive in Matignon, followed closely by SNCF President Jean-Pierre Farandou and RATP CEO Catherine Guillouard. The SNCF and RATP, which respectively manage the French national rail network and public transport in Paris's Ile de France region, do not expect to give any good news to travellers concerning potential improvements for travel on Monday. France's transport system has been crippled by the strike for two days. IMAGES
As Paris metro and other public transport workers walk off the job for a huge one-day strike over President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul France's retirement system, only a handful of trains run. IMAGES