PARIS - Commuters and visiting tourists faced serious disruptions on Thursday as metro workers in Paris went on strike, with a third of lines completely closed and most others working only at peak hours.She had waited a long time to find a train to get into Paris, only to find her metro line closed.The CGT union had called on workers nationwide to walk off the job in a push for higher wages at time of record-high inflation and in protest against planned pension reforms.
There will be minor disruptions to broader train traffic, and teachers may walk off the job in some schools. A sector-specific, weeks-long strike called by CGT at TotalEnergies ended with a wage agreement after triggering major shortages at petrol stations.
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