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January 10, 2020

Transport Workers' Strike Becomes Longest in French History
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In France, at least half a million people flooded the streets across the
country Thursday to show their support for the unionized rail workers
whose strike against French President Emmanuel Macron's attempted
pension overhaul has now become the longest transportation strike in
French history. This is Youlie Yamamoto.

Youlie Yamamoto: "Édouard Philippe dares to say that women are the great
winners of the reform. That's not true, and awful. He knows that women
are the biggest losers from the reform. Why? Because he knows that they
have different jobs, have to take more care of children, work part-time.
So, for sure, they have careers with gaps, shorter careers. So if you
take the whole career into account, women will be hit the hardest."



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