French unions are calling for nationwide strikes Thursday and again next week in a last-ditch effort to derail a pension bill that raises the retirement age from 60 to 62.
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French unions stage last-ditch strikes
About a quarter of the gas stations across France have run out of fuel in the face of nationwide strikes that are affecting transportation, Alexandre de Benoist, a Union of Independent Oil Importers official told CNN Monday.
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Stations running out of gas in France
France entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes today as tens of thousands of protesters rallied against a proposal to raise the national retirement age to 62.
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Protesters rally across France over pension reforms
