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French union protests lead to disruptions at airports, harbour
Nov 4, 2010, 13:40 GMT
Paris - French union protests against the new pension reform bill Thursday led to disruptions at two airports and at a harbour, with unions vowing to continue their actions.
According to union officials, several hundred demonstrators temporarily blocked the access roads to the airports of Paris and Toulouse, causing traffic back-ups of a kilometre at points.
Several dozen opponents of the pension reform law - which cleared parliament last week but goes into effect in mid-November - also blocked some of the access roads to the harbour of Brest. Police dispersed the demonstrators.
The unions, continuing their opposition to the reform which will raise the basic retirement age from 60 to 62 years by the year 2018, said they are planning further protest actions for Saturday.
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