Tuesday 11 December 2007

Strikes

Tomorrow there is going to be another transport strike, it's meant to only be for 24 hours and is supposed to be a lot less severe than the ones we have had in the past, my train line is actually still running for once, at 60% capacity but it's better than nothing. I suppose this is a bit of an early Christmas present from the transport workers, or perhaps a reminder that we are still very much in their power and that they can quite easily return us to the chaos of a month ago if they want. Or perhaps the Christmas present is that they are holding this inevitable strike tomorrow, Wednesday 12th of December, rather than say Monday 24th of December.

2 comments:

Devin said...

Surely you don't have to work on Christmas eve in France. Aren't there laws against such work?

Annabel said...

I'm not sure about laws against it, but I know I wouldn't work then. What I meant was that people would be trying to do their last minute Christmas shopping and visiting their families so Christmas Eve would really be the worst day to strike on.