The next massive transport strike started on November 13, and is now in its 6th day. People’s everyday movement is severely disrupted and tempers are running high. it’s almost impossible to get really accurate information, but each day we walk up to our station in Lozere, on the RER B line, and see the same thing: NOTHING. The station is locked down, no signs are lit up, no personnel to be seen.
Who knows how this will all end, but for sure it’s not good for Paris, or France, at all—crippling for the economy, and doing untold damage to France’s image everywhere else. We personally are disgusted, for many reasons (can’t write them all here—none of them good!)
Crippling Strike in Paris
Monday, November 19, 2007 by viviennemackie

We’re hearing very little about this in UK …could it be because it happens so often?
Hi Viv
I heard on the radio that the traffic jam in Paris this morning was 150 km long or some such enormous amount. Hope your necessary things are in walking distance!
Hi Keith,
I’m sure that’s possible.
But, whatever….it’s still a bummer, and we hate this helpless feeling of being stranded where we are living.
I hear all public services came out for 24 hours … that DID make the news!
hi!
i’m writing something that happens during that time in Paris. can you help me by providing a little info about 1.if one wanted to rush to Aix by say a eurolines bus or tgb on one such day could it be possible? 2. could one take the flight to go out of france? and 3. was anything via seine possible?
thank you.
samya.
one more thing, was it a leftist union supported strike or a rightist, or both? can you remember the basic demands?
thanks,
samya.
It was an interesting situation, as there were many unions involved and they didn“t all agree with each other, and even within one union there was disagreement about how to proceed, how long to strike etc. In spite of that, the strike continued as the militant elements were very strong.