Strike hits French postal services
French postal services were hit by a strike Thursday to protest jobs cuts, the closure of post offices and working conditions.
Some 15 percent of postal workers joined the strike called by all of the mail service’s unions, the postal service said.
Unions are unhappy with plans to shed several thousand jobs by not replacing retirees, to phase out several thousand post offices in rural areas, the reorganization of mail sorting centers and the liberalization of European postal services.
