The French love a good strike: the electric company, the mail service, the truckers, the farmers, you name it. This time it’s the RATP’s turn: the Paris transportation network that comprises all RATP bus, metro and RER lines, plus the train service (SNCF). The last time I recall a strike like this, I was a grad student and the Sorbonne had to cancel classes! Vive la greve!!

The SNCF (railway) threatens that the strike may continue. This means that is if their demands are not met on October 18th, they will ask the union members to vote on whether or not to continue to strike the next day (or any further days).

Vive la Republique!!