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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/04/03 22:32 GMT: France: Three-Month Strike Brings Rail Chaos

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France: Three-Month Strike Brings Rail Chaos

First broadcast 2018/04/03 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/04/03 22:32 GMT: France: Three-Month Strike Brings Rail Chaos

BBC World Service - World Business Report, France: Three-Month Strike Brings Rail Chaos

Commuters face months of disruption as strikes challenging labour reforms begin.

It's been dubbed 'Black Tuesday', but for the next three months, two out of every five days will see strike action by French unions, protesting against a range of labour reforms. The railways have been heavily disrupted, with energy and waste collection sectors affected too. We sample the key voices in the debate - commuters, unions and the government - then speak to Rubin Sfadj, a Paris-based lawyer and a member of the liberal think-tank Generation Libre. Music streaming giant Spotify is being listed on Wall Street today, but the BBC's Kim Gittleson explains that it's chosen an unusual way to enter the world of publicly traded companies. The British government has announced a ban on ivory sales, but will it be enough to stop tens of thousands of elephants from being killed each year? A question for Charlie Mayhew, Chief Executive of campaign group, Tusk. And we hear why some Japanese women are being told when they can have a baby... by their employer. (Photo: Passengers wait at a train station in the French city of Lille. Credit: Philippe Haguen/AFP/Getty Images)

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