[yesterday] 300.000 manifestants en France, selon les syndicats LINK
ohlala, that’s 10% of the population of singapore. 46% of teachers and 15-30% of public service. everybody gives different estimates anyway, the police estimate is always lower and the street one is always higher.
but the problem is that there’s another (major) strike on 22 May. LINK. but [...]
I was reading StraitsTimes, and they had a small article on the sad tourists who arrive in Paris only to face the cold wind and dearth of public transport. [hey i like the word dearth] There were some people who were trying to get to Versailles. That’s impressive, coz Versailles is this huge palace that’s [...]
Link: Le Figaro
The strikes in France enter their 6th day, which is rather impressive. The commuters are getting extremely frustrated with the transport unions/workers. Therefore yesterday (Sunday) they held a strike of their own, to protest against the transport strikes. How cool is that. «le privé vache à lait du public, ça suffit, halte aux [...]