Hard-left unions cut power in French pension protests
Power was cut for 90 minutes to world’s largest wholesale fresh food market by the energy branch of union CGT
21 January 2020 - 11:46
Paris — On Tuesday, French energy workers protesting against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform cut power to the world’s largest wholesale fresh food market, Rungis near Paris, the hard-left CGT union’s energy branch said.
A spokesperson for Rungis International Market said emergency power kicked in when the outage began at 5.30am GMT and that there was no disruption to trade. The power cut lasted 90 minutes...
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