zeddykay Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Heard about threatened French national strike Mon 8pm onwards for all of Tuesday. We are due to travel Dover Calais on Tues morning. Anybody got any details from French or other sources that may have more information. Travelling from North of England so we don't want to be caught up in massive disruption in the Dover area. Thanks for any advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1ntersun Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 This may help http://www.presstv.ir/detail/141201.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisturx Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 May see you there if there is a strike !! We are on the 13.45 P & O ferry from Calais on Tuesday. I rang P & O who seemed a bit clueless and had'nt heard about a strike. I asked whether we would be told in advance but got the impression that you turn up and wait or get a refund. Fingers crossed !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randonneur Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Checked the Dover Port website and there is nothing on there. Learned something though, it says that you cannot use a mobile phone when you have gone through the Port gates, never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hi,. I did a google search, and it seems that French news Sunday night are likely to report forthcoming weeks 'activities' and may include potential strike threats. Also Euro news on Sky were reporting trouble in store for tuesday as a result of Sarkozy's attempts to send Roma folk back from whence they came (illegal immigrants and not registered in France so not employed/employable, therefore not paying taxes, but claiming benefits.... ) I wonder if our leaders are taking notice !!!!!! Also France's civil servants are upset over clampdown on their pensions... seems they might have to work longer before collecting.... Heard that one somewhere else as well!!! Tonyg3nwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 tonyg3nwl - 2010-09-05 3:22 PM Also France's civil servants are upset over clampdown on their pensions... seems they might have to work longer before collecting.... Heard that one somewhere else as well!!! Tonyg3nwl Yes indeedy...I mean some of the poor things have to work until 50 until they can retire!(I kid you not) if you want to see whats wrong with the EU you need look no further then france *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesy Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Another forum mentions a rail strike on the tuesday. We're on eurotunnel thursday!! Hopefully it won't spread to a general strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertandjean Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 JudgeMental - 2010-09-05 3:45 PM tonyg3nwl - 2010-09-05 3:22 PM Also France's civil servants are upset over clampdown on their pensions... seems they might have to work longer before collecting.... Heard that one somewhere else as well!!! Tonyg3nwl Yes indeedy...I mean some of the poor things have to work until 50 until they can retire!(I kid you not) if you want to see whats wrong with the EU you need look no further then france *-) No its the other way round Eddie. The people in France have got it right, in that they are fighting the proposed cuts unlike most people here who seem happy to roll over and accept retirement age rising to 70 and beyond, major cuts in education etc. So think should be happy to put up with a day or two of disruption in knowledge that in the end might benefit all of us in that some people here might see thatthese cuts can be stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian81 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 robertandjean - 2010-09-06 12:24 PM JudgeMental - 2010-09-05 3:45 PM tonyg3nwl - 2010-09-05 3:22 PM Also France's civil servants are upset over clampdown on their pensions... seems they might have to work longer before collecting.... Heard that one somewhere else as well!!! Tonyg3nwl Yes indeedy...I mean some of the poor things have to work until 50 until they can retire!(I kid you not) if you want to see whats wrong with the EU you need look no further then france *-) No its the other way round Eddie. The people in France have got it right, in that they are fighting the proposed cuts unlike most people here who seem happy to roll over and accept retirement age rising to 70 and beyond, major cuts in education etc. So think should be happy to put up with a day or two of disruption in knowledge that in the end might benefit all of us in that some people here might see thatthese cuts can be stopped. Eddie is right, 'Robertandjean", unless you know of any magical 'pot of gold'!!! How do you propose to pay for pensions and education? The French public sector pensions liability will become a major problem in the Eurozone in te medium term. Talking to French entrepreneurs and small business people they are getting increasingly frustrated with what they see as the unreasonable demands of their public sector. Doesnt hit the news but it seems the Germans have got it right -they are being fiscally prudent, raising retiremnt age and working hard to make things the world wants!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randonneur Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Sarkozy is trying to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 whisturx - 2010-09-05 12:01 PM May see you there if there is a strike !! We are on the 13.45 P & O ferry from Calais on Tuesday. Fingers crossed !!! We are booked on that one as well ! Rgds PS Just to add that the last time the Public sector went on strike, the peages were free ! A welcome surprise after travelling down from Monauban to Perpignan ! Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 BBC update http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11204528 Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek500 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 tonyishuk - 2010-09-06 7:19 PM PS Just to add that the last time the Public sector went on strike, the peages were free ! A welcome surprise after travelling down from Monauban to Perpignan ! Just crossed the Pont de Normandie, had to pay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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