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France - Nationwide Protests/Strikes for 30 - 31 March

"Several unions nationwide have called on their workers to strike in protest of the government’s proposed reforms to the labor law.

Multiple national unions have called for country-wide strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, March 30-31, 2016.

Impacted sectors include:

· Public education and schools;

· Hospitals and public health facilities;

· Postal system;

· Waste removal;

· Aviation - Flight attendants, Air France employees, and air traffic controllers;

· Public transport; and,

· Rail services."

--U.S. Embassy Paris, France

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Yes, more strikes. RERB out to the airport is "disadvised" as they will be running only 1 out of every 2 trains (i.e. everybody has to squish in half the trains). Short-haul flights (within Europe) are going to have problems from Orly airport. Trains will be running on a somewhat reduced schedule, check the SNCF site (you can input the # of your train to find out whether it's running or not):

http://www.sncf.com/fr/horaires-info-trafic

Paris metro information here (in French):

http://www.ratp.fr/informer/trafic/trafic.php

Check Twitter feeds of Aeroports de Paris (they will broadcast in both English and French), the individual metro lines (in French), and Prefecture de Police for updates.