Summary
Public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day Sunday as the government prepared to respond to anger over pension reforms that brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets as workers embarked on open-ended protest.
The strikes, which began Thursday over plans for a single, points-based pension scheme, recalled the winter of 1995, when three weeks of stoppages forced a social policy U-turn by the then government.
The biggest labor unrest in years comes as France's economy is already dented by more than a year of weekly anti-government protests by "yellow vest" activists, and with Macron's popularity falling.
The mass strike closed schools Thursday and hobbled commuters in Paris and its suburbs as well as other major cities through the weekend.
The chaos was set to continue Monday, with the three main rail unions calling for the action to be stepped up ahead of another general strike and mass protests called for Tuesday.
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