Upcoming strikes in France (per the U.S. State Department)

Just got this in my morning e-mail:

Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Strikes in France on March 8-10, 2016

On March 8 -10, 2016, members of several unions and student groups
plan both strikes and protests all across France. These protests and
strike actions are likely to make travel and/or local transport
(including movement by private vehicle or taxi) difficult.

Nationwide, the unions that represent 70% of SNCF employees have
called on their employees to strike; local media report that this is
the first time since June 2013 that the four biggest unions have been
unified in their intention to strike, suggesting that the
participation rate could be very high and disruption accordingly
significant.

In Paris, unions representing local transport authority RATP will also
be striking, leading to possible slowdowns on the Metro, buses, and
RER.

In separate actions, several groups plan to converge on the Place de
la République in Paris at 2 pm from various assembly points across the
city to protest the government’s consideration of reforms to the labor
laws.

Unions have called on their members to meet around Paris metro station
‘Ecole Militaire’ to march on the MEDEF headquarters in the 7th
arrondissement on avenue Bosquet. From there, they intend to head to
the Labor Ministry on rue de Grenelle before heading for the Place de
la République.

Student and young people’s groups have called on their participants to
gather at Place de la Nation in the east of the city before marching
to République.

Please note that the actual strike plans filed by the transport
workers’ unions designate a start of the action at 8 pm Tuesday night,
March 8, and a finish Thursday morning, March 10, at about 8 am.
Please consult various sources of local information for updates,
including local TV stations and websites (to include BFMTV, Le
Parisien, and France24), as well as:

RATP – Paris local transport system – for information on metros,
buses, and RER lines: http://www.ratp.fr/informer/trafic/trafic.php

Transilien – for Paris region transport:
http://www.transilien.com/info-trafic/temps-reel

SNCF – for national and regional rail travel:
http://www.sncf.com/fr/horaires-info-trafic