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According to the French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, on 18 October less than a 25% of petrol stations across France were experiencing shortages, [1] which was less than the 30% per cent previously on 7 October. [3] Strike action and unplanned maintenance had led to more than 60 per cent of France's refining capacity – or 740,000 barrels ...
2014: 2014 Sarcelles riots, a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot in Sarcelles, France. 2016: 2016 French taxi driver strike, a strike by taxi drivers in several major cities against Uber, included many road blockades, fires, overturned vehicles, and the blockade of roads ...
2023 Cape Town taxi strike;; 2023 Irn-Bru strike; [29] [30]; 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital strike; [31] [32]; 2023 Sogo & Seibu strike - strike at the flagship Seibu Department Store in Tokyo in protest over the store's sale to the American Fortress Investment Group, representing the first strike at a major department store in Japan in over 60 years; [33]
4 March – Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [11]7 March – 2023 French pension reform strikes Trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests, with 1.1 to 1.4 million people believed to have participated in over 260 protests across the country.
2024 New York Daily News strike, one day strike in protest of staffing cuts, the first strike by New York Daily News journalists since the 1990–1991 New York Daily News strike. [6] 2024 Northern Ireland public sector strike, involing 150 000 public sector workers, the largest strike in Northern Ireland in over 50 years. [7] [8]
[44] 600 workers went on strike from 11 to 17 October. [44] Another two week strike started on 24 October. [45] [46] Mahsa Amini protests: shopkeepers, factory workers, and teachers go on strike and conduct industrial action over government oppression, pensions, pay, and layoffs. [47] [48]
The second day of strikes saw the cancellation of as many as 50% of flights at airports in Paris and other cities. [17] Half the country's long-distance trains were cancelled. [18] A prolonged strike by garbage collectors led to a build-up of trash around the port of Marseille. [6] The strike has lasted for at least three weeks. [19]
On 31 January 2021, several thousand members of student associations and the LGBTQ community gathered in Paris to protest against poor educational and social conditions. [6] The main rally organized by the CGT took place on 4 February 2021 in Paris and other cities across France. Participants came from across all social classes and industries.